Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that. — Rakim Copy Share Image
I can say what I want to say ain't nothing to it gangsta rap made me do it. — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to the Hot Boys, with Lil Wayne and all those guys. — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
While I'm dreaming, Wake up screaming, Cuz I can hear them suckas scheming. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
The rap game is kinda crazy, so I go with the flow but make sure that I cover my bases and do… — Lil Baby Copy Share Image
OutKast. For them to come back together to rap with me and my brother Krizz Kaliko would be ginormous. — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
There's rappers out there that don't even know how to rhyme. They take someone else's words and go with it. To each… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
Raps changed since the NWAs and the Dr Dre's went and made gangbangin famous. Got rich 'cause my city on the same… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012,… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
That's what Tupac and I got from my dad - the rebellion and the need to fight back and be recognized for… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
I'm just different. There are a handful of different types of genre of music that I would love to just jump into… — Tony Sunshine Copy Share Image
Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I'm not the 'rappity-rapper' type dude. All my music is really true. I can't just rap about nothing, just metaphors and putting… — Schoolboy Q Copy Share Image
Music is my passion. I've always been musically driven and musically inclined. I play the keyboard a little bit. I love listening… — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Biggie was to me the guy who was the best at painting the picture and making you visualize something, Pac was the… — Scott Storch Copy Share Image
Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted, Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
