Rapper Quotes · Page 46

I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.

— Fat Joe

I wanna know why you waste ya time on these rap hoes that don't write they rhymes.

— Nicki Minaj

I can do every type of music, but hip-hop was my way into the game.

— Mustard

Wayne's done way more for my career than Jay-Z. Wayne is the reason I'm here.

— Drake

The U.K. rap scene was already there, before me.

— Giggs

Everybody knows rappers don't do all they say they do.

— Too Short

If anybody can make a change it's the rappers.

— Rakim

I'm a ride or die Biggie fan. I've come out to 'Victory' so many times.

— Daniel Jacobs

If we met today and you had no idea who I was, you'd just think I was a normal guy. You wouldn't…

— Masked Wolf

Before games I listen to a lot of Drake, I like listening to stuff I know all the words to.

— Kevin Huerter

As I started growing up, living a little and listening to the lyrics, I realized that I was going through a lot…

— Akon

Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile-- except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government.

— Ian Svenonius

You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got…

— B-Real

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

— Will Smith

I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop.

— KRS-One

There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless.

— Doc Brown

Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or…

— Jay-Z

As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to…

— Karen Abbott

I'll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good…

— Jay-Z

People always get it twisted, you know, "Is this the Ghostface Killah?" Man, it's whatever-whatever, you can name me Shithead if you…

— Ghostface Killah

It's only five rappers out of Atlanta who bussin and I'm one of 'em; the other four you know who you are;…

— T.I

My name was given to me. I didn't just decide to change it one day. But I ran with it to reflect…

— Snoop Dogg

The film's star, Eminem, doesn't appear to have a great deal of range, but he can play himself. Even though the protagonist…

— Elvis Mitchell

To everyone saying rap is bad for society, I disagree. Rap is good for society as is any genre of music, it's…

— Palenana Mae

It was all a dream, I use to read Word Up magazine

— Biggie Smalls

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

— LeCrae

I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means.

— Kanye West

But all these other rappers suck is all that I know.

— Eminem

“Hip-hop is a reflection of your surroundings and an instrument of change.”

— Laura Goode

I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would.

— Ron Howard

I want to be great at what I do. I don't want to be just an average rapper.

— Rapsody

Good people don’t go to Heaven, forgiven people do.

— LeCrae

Childish Gambino - him and I are the same age, and I really like him.

— Flying Lotus

It's hard to watch people change, but it's even harder to remember who they used to be.

— Wiz Khalifa

I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.

— Statik Selektah

Soap opera rappers, all these niggas sound like 'All My Children'.

— Drake

My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.

— Bebe Rexha

Anything Drake drops is timeless. It's always timeless, it's always lit.

— Trippie Redd

To me, sometimes things outside of rap inspire me to rap.

— Rakim

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

— Michael K. Williams