Hip hop is just like a revival waiting for expectations but we end up standing on the edge of the nile, casting… — Moves Copy Share Image
I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
One of my best friends is quite into rap, and I'm always being introduced to music by him. — MNEK Copy Share Image
I don't want to be boxed in or looked at a certain way, as in, 'Yo, he's an Asian rapper.' — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music. — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
There was so much music growing up. But definitely Lil Wayne was a big influence because I had more of an understanding… — DaBaby Copy Share Image
Me and my dad used to go to these jam sessions and open mic nights, but I was always scared of singing… — Rag'n'Bone Man Copy Share Image
Bone Thugs is one of my favorite rap groups of all time. I listened to them all the time when I was… — Lil Durk Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is my girlfriend, hip-hop is my kid. Hip-Hop fills the void of the things that I don't have. I pay it… — Lloyd Banks Copy Share Image
With Dr. Dre, he's a perfectionist. A lot of people ask why 'Detox' is taking so long. It's because Dre is somebody… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
My goal for the rap game is just to make a lot of really dope music. That's really where I keep my… — Valee Copy Share Image
In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can… — Nas Copy Share Image
I think hiphop is a beautiful thing and I embody it and I'm going to live it and I'm going to represent… — Jon Connor Copy Share Image
Jiggalo blood line, pimpin' hereditary. Black on 28's, it remind of February. Bet you can fuck with me, that would be Neveruary.… — 2 Chainz Copy Share Image
“As late as 2003, the hip-hop star Andre 3000 could sing “Shake it like a Polaroid picture,” in Outkast’s megahit “Hey Ya,”… — Christopher Bonanos Copy Share Image
If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
When Tupac came out, my writing changed for sure. I learned from it. It was a cultural thing. — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
Аfter all the beats and rhymes, I felt like everybody around me was rapping and so I was like. — Jeremih Copy Share Image
Rich people are so eccentric, and I don't think people really realize. Especially by the turn of the century, they were living… — Riki Lindhome Copy Share Image
Tupac was a person who was all about love. I feel like that's me, too; that's who I've always been. — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
When I see other rappers' lyrics of "I don't do what I don't like to do", I feel like it's really cool… — Kim Nam-joon Copy Share Image
As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop. — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
Kendrick Lamar is not a whack rapper, not at all. Do I think he's a super-mega-lyricist? Not really. — Hopsin Copy Share Image
Chance The Rapper is just unreal: he's changing rap and really creating this whole amazing new style. — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“In our hip-hop lives we make rhymes we make beats we go big or go home. - Esme from Sister Mischief” — Laura Goode Copy Share Image
I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good,… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
I think Tupac's lyrics were more insightful, my opinion, with all apologies to the Biggie fans. — Pitbull Copy Share Image
Hip hop culture has done more for race relations in American than anything since Martin Luther King. And I really believe that. — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
Some comedic rappers like to sound silly or goofy. I like to make it sound as much like real rap as possible,… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
Beyonce's 'Freedom' - I listen to that when I am suiting up and getting into superhero mode. — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
Rappers on their sophomores...actin' like they boss lords. Fame's such a funny thing for sure when niggas start believing all those encores. — Pusha T Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of… — Nas Copy Share Image
Kanye West - he's all over the place, and I think he defines what an artist is because none of his work… — Chris Bosh Copy Share Image
I'm a really big fan of hip-hop, and I can listen to it before the game, but I'm not that into a… — Jabari Parker Copy Share Image
Remember Rappin' Duke, duh-ha, duh-ha. You never thought that hip hop would take it this far. Now I'm in the limelight 'cause… — Biggie Smalls Copy Share Image
Its ironic how rappers dont like snitches but they snitch on themselves on every song they make. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop. — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
