Rapper Quotes · Page 52

My theory is if Tony Williams can sing, and if Kanye West can sing, so can I! So I try!

— Thundercat

I grew up listening to everything outside hip-hop. Hip-hop came later in my life.

— Akon

If Chance the Rapper was on tour in L.A., I would try and play with him. I love him.

— Catherine O'Hara

I like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, obviously Future - I love Future.

— Le'Veon Bell

I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.

— Russell Simmons

But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam

— Drake

I was Eazy's pen, because he couldn't write lyrics.

— The D.O.C

Lil Boat 2' people liked, but it was all rap. Some thought it was too much.

— Lil Yachty

I feel like Hip Hop culture has always been about [fashion]...it started in the street so it has always been a thing…

— Pusha T

Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans

— Dean Cavanagh

I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously…

— Eminem

Rap - it's a childhood passion. Writing rhymes, it's something that I was doing before rap records even existed. And I will…

— Gza

I'm a rapper and an artist, but I'm a human. That's what people forget. That's why I try to make them remember.

— Rod Wave

As far as business moguls, I'm always a fan of how Jay Z moves. He was just always very strategic ever since…

— Tyga

In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun…

— Beck

I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me...

— PJ Harvey

Don't let mistakes be so monumental, don't let your love be so confidential, don't let your mind be so darn judgemental, and…

— Michael Franti

Not only the brothers on the street but the middle class brothers are also identifying with the gangster rappers because of the…

— Angela Davis

If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a…

— Morris Chestnut

Nobody uses skits at all anymore, so it seems like I use a lot. That's how I grew up on tapes. Biggie…

— Dave East

I'm not on a record like some rapper trying to boast about my clothes or where I'm from. I'm creating stories, experiences,…

— Theophilus London

Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the…

— Flavor Flav

I'm trying to prove everybody wrong whoever told me I couldn't make it. To all the haters who say I can't rap…

— Soulja Boy

“ Pharrell Williams : '[Tommy Lee] is a great drummer with a lot of style. He keeps his chops up in terms…

— Tommy Lee

I grew up listening to a lot of Chief Keef, Lil B, all that.

— Lil Pump

When I did rap and rhyme, it wasn't just a word that rhymed with another one.

— Rudy Ray Moore

Oh, southern rappers... so hard to write a rhyme when you only know 30 words.

— Daniel Tosh

I love Eminem, I love Moby. Why can't we just be friends?

— Chris Kirkpatrick

Money and good pussy's a fatal attraction for men.

— Ja Rule

You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.

— Dan Auerbach

Hip-hop, you're close to 50. When can we grow up?

— Sho Baraka

Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.

— Afeni Shakur

I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

— Talib Kweli

I still gotta reacquaint myself with the hip-hop audience.

— Method Man

Some of the ways I write my raps is from my vocabulary I learned in school.

— Fabolous

Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.

— Nas

I would like to work with Drake. It would be cool.

— Smokepurpp

Classical slap-stick rappers need Chapstick.

— Daniel Dumile

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap.

— Moshe Kasher

I really want to learn how to rap. I know it sounds utterly ridiculous!

— Stana Katic