Rapper Quotes · Page 75

Hip-hop isn't dead by any means, but it's not something I define my black identity with.

— Justin Simien

“Cuz even a gangsta rapper can find redemption For the sins committed before revelation.”

— Carlos Salinas

I always had a big fan base on the Internet, but it wasn't as a rapper. It was just as, 'Nahmir.'

— YBN Nahmir

Working with Kanye is one of the greatest things ever. It's also one of the most nerve-wracking things ever. He's, like, the…

— Big Sean

Kanye has been a good friend for ten years. He flew back from London to Los Angeles for 24 hours just to…

— Harley Pasternak

I like the one where he believes everything bad you do comes back to you which is true. and oh my god…

— Tupac Shakur

Hip-hop music has been my programming. It's been my love. When I was a kid, hearing Eminem, G-Unit for the first time,…

— Jesse Rutherford

I probably wrote my first rap when I was 10, maybe 11 or 12. And I shared it with my family immediately.…

— Jelly Roll

What I miss is a time when hip-hop music had integrity; there was some kind of message. Not in all the music,…

— Xzibit

Dre was extremely involved in 'Restless,' but I told him that the next record had to be called 'Man Vs. Machine' because…

— Xzibit

I feel like... I don't have a wife, I don't have a kids, but... I see rappers and I'm like, I know…

— Donald Glover

Like, I always knew I wanted a Kanye West feature and a Jay-Z feature. I knew that starting in the game when…

— Yo Gotti

I am trying to change hip-hop music because I do feel there are places people can go with production and the structure…

— El-P

Hip-hop music, in my opinion, is still very closed-minded, and if you're trying to do something that's too different, you get categorized…

— Alexander Spit

In fifth grade I started out writing simple raps and bringing them to school and everyone thought they were hot. I used…

— Chris Webby

It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself…

— Russell Simmons

What inspires me about rap is that it's written in an almost poetic way. I just think it's so cool.

— Billie Eilish

I would love to collect [art] at some point, but I think the whole rap/art world thing is getting kind of corny.

— Drake

[I like in Kanye West] confidence in him, but also his aggressiveness, ambition and charisma.

— Young Thug

The bottom line is, if every single platinum song right now wasn't auto-tuned, then I would be like, "I can't be a…

— Spencer Pratt

Kanye is the leading eagle: he's like the president who stands up for kids like us who have ideas.

— Travis Scott

The only time you had blacks, whites, and Latinos jamming together was in hip-hop. It's an unsung history.

— KRS-One

I'm a lifelong fan. There's not a white kid in the world who didn't listen to Eminem rapping.

— Jelly Roll

Many elitists hate rap as much as they hate country, though they don't like to admit it for fear of appearing racially…

— Will Shetterly

We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then…

— Beck

I think music talks to you on an emotional level, regardless of where you're from. I guess I related to the tempo…

— Iggy Azalea

“You can't call me boo." "Why not?" "Because you're not a rapper, and I'm not your shorty.”

— R.K. Lilley

Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it.

— LeCrae

I listened to a lot of old school, golden era music. It gave me a lot of insight on how to rap…

— Big K.R.I.T

I can't stay, who gon' save hip hop after me? It's like a torn ACL to an athlete. Boobie Miles, Friday Lights,…

— Big KRIT

I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta…

— Sampha

With Mobb Deep, we have to agree on things. We have to agree that we want to use that beat or agree…

— Prodigy

Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance.

— Natalie Portman

Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any…

— Jay-Z

I think rap is all about what you feel about a situation and not just about cars, alcohol and women.

— Raftaar

I think Jay-Z is probably my best student, and I can say that he listens, and that's what always made him special.

— Damon Dash

My parents tried to sell me. I was looking for a way to share my feelings, so I started to rap to…

— Sonita Alizadeh

I feel like it's our job, between me and Jeezy and Gucci - I feel that's who the streets look at as…

— Yo Gotti

I never tried to be Jay Z or Big Poppa, I'm underground like them dead children buried in Gaza

— Immortal Technique

I think rappers spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is new. 'How can I say this in a…

— Daveed Diggs