Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I love being an example, that, hey, I'm young, I'm a rapper, and the gospel is the power of God for salvation… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like,… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
All so convinced that you're following your heart cause your mind don't control what it does sometimes. — Drake Copy Share Image
I said I'd do a 'Shotta Flow 6' featuring Lil Wayne. That's the only way I'd come out of 'Shotta Flow' retirement… — NLE Choppa Copy Share Image
The first splurge that I did, I bought, like, an $80,000 watch, but that's because I'm a rapper. I need jewelry. — Cardi B Copy Share Image
Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I… — Drake Copy Share Image
I don't buy fancy things. I donated $2 million to Wu-Tang. I got a mixtape in return. It was a wonderful investment. — Martin Shkreli Copy Share Image
I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It's very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It's not really based on a label… — Travis Scott Copy Share Image
Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers, Wannabe MC's, but really good triers, Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored, A… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I used to hate hip-hop... yup, because the women degraded, But Too $hort made me laugh, like a hypocrite I played it.… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
I must say, Eminem is definitely the reason why I originally started rapping, like many other white kids my age. I also… — Chris Webby Copy Share Image
“While 'Rap Trax!' recorded, Neel found some scrap paper and we started writing our first lyrics. Bandying about subject matter and title,… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing like the cultural influence of hip-hop. For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything… — Chris Paul Copy Share Image
'Blueprint 3' is made up of songs, but it's also a commentary on the idea that in order for rap to survive,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where… — Tyga Copy Share Image
In using the English language to create an entirely new art form, the pioneers of Hip Hop created a vessel that grew… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama. — Cormega Copy Share Image
I'm going to forever have a love for music. I just don't think I'm going to rap forever. — Latto Copy Share Image
Now if you call 'Ain't No Half-Steppin' ' or 'Raw' an old-school song, I agree with you. But if you call Big… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
And in turn I'm hostile guess you could call me anti-social. Niggaz shakin like they caught the holy ghost when I approach… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I want everybody to feel comfortable with vibing with Drake. I don't want to limit my music to people based on their… — Drake Copy Share Image
2 Pac...I really had genuinely brotherly love for Pac when I became a part of the Death Row family, he immediately ran… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I missed the old skateboarder Lupe Fiasco. I don't like the new, "rebellious, anti-government" Lupe. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't like calling it Christian rap. Titles are so limiting. It's hip-hop. I'm a rapper. — Andy Mineo Copy Share Image
If you're a black kid from the streets and somebody is rapping about parents not understanding, you'd laugh at that. — MC Ren Copy Share Image
I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to 'Dreams & Nightmares' introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops. — Joel Embiid Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a rapper full time. You know, Big L kinda - God bless the dead - influenced me… — Cam'ron Copy Share Image
When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't… — Azealia Banks Copy Share Image
Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi. — Lil Uzi Vert Copy Share Image
I always go to my Kanye [West], Jay-Z. I go back to alot of the stuff that I know for sure that… — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I suck nuts because I can't rap and I aint even gonna be popular or remembered in a year — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
I like Kendrick because Kendrick is keeping that spirit alive of trying to educate and teach people, man. — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
Hey boy what's ya name? Lookin like a rapper, but you prolly push 'cain. Rockin ya drop top pumpin game. Frontin like… — The Jacka Copy Share Image
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