Rapper Quotes · Page 85

Lots of people are saying that I shut down mumble rap in one 10-minute setting. But that wasn't my intention, because mumble…

— Black Thought

When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to…

— Young M.A

The top-tier artists of the game are always tapped in. That's why you can see a dude like Drake do a song…

— Benny the Butcher

My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up…

— James Vincent McMorrow

Rapping was just something that I started doing cause I thought it was cool. I just went ahead and did that cause…

— T-Pain

I wanted to explain that just because I'm rapping in this funny way doesn't mean that I'm not worthy of actually being…

— Lil Dicky

If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them.

— KRS-One

I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I…

— Lil Durk

Jay-Z ain't a manager; he owns a management company. He been through this; he been through the game for a long time,…

— Meek Mill

I might ask about the first time a person heard a song that they really responded to, like when I asked Mos…

— Anthony DeCurtis

I felt like for what I needed, Bad Boy got me... they got me covered. Especially Puff, man. He's going to be…

— French Montana

'I mean, [Kanye West] is called me a b***h in his songs. That's just, like, what they say. I never once think,…

— Kim Kardashian

I was raised with opera and very white-bread folk music like The Kingston Trio. That was about as daring as it got.…

— Jess Row

I really like Damian Lillard, I like Iman Shumpert's raps, Stephen Jackson, Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant. Those are my favorite ones.…

— Lil B

The way I feel about Crunk Feminists. Here you have a bunch of bloggers who are not even quoting any feminists' works…

— Talib Kweli

Because of social media, a lot of people think they can be, like, a rapper or a singer or a musician because…

— Sky Ferreira

I don't need the big accolades when I die. Hit me with a couple good little ones: Kiss, one of the best…

— Jadakiss

I really love when people come up to me on the street and say, 'You're my favorite rapper.'

— Ludacris

I like Kendrick as an artist. He's witty and he's smart when he's spitting in his lyrics. And he's crafty.

— Redman

[Big Pun] loved the fact that I could sing, everybody around us were rappers. A lot of people didn't know that Pun…

— Tony Sunshine

'Back 2 Da Basics' was my way of saying I'm done and out of the streets and I'm going to get a…

— Yo Gotti

There's so much that I want to do. I feel like I'm the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic was great…

— Snoop Dogg

I listen to unhealthy amount of Kanye. The Fugees. Also, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'

— Dan Smith

I MAY NOT BE MUCH ELSE IN THIS WORLD BUT I GUARANTEE YOU I AM GETTING INTO RAPPER HEAVEN.

— Doseone

I come from a world of hip-hop, but I love all types of music, and that's what Revolt will reflect. It will…

— Sean Combs

I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.

— Young Jeezy

Some of Eminem's rap songs kind of have the teenage love songs like the fifties love songs. It's kind of like domestic…

— Bruce Dickinson

People compare me to the people I listen to, the people I'm influenced by, Andre 3000, Missy, Busta.

— Tierra Whack

Cooler than anti freeze, damn it these rappers need a better scene. Happening since king had a dream.

— Pac Div

Rappers can't sleep, need sleepin', B.I.G. keep creepin', Bullets heat-seekin', Casualties need treatin', Dumb rappers need teachin'.

— The Notorious B.I.G

As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad…

— Taryn Manning

I probably could have toured off 'Trilogy' for the rest of my life. It definitely changed the culture. No one can do…

— The Weeknd

You know, I'm the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn't do the 50 Cent sales but hey... I got a…

— Obie Trice

Hip-Hop itself, the culture, the way that it's going you could always see the effect that it has on basketball.

— Ryan Montgomery

Some of my conversations with Jay, I'm not really saying much, just listening. It's really just learning. I'm trying to have Jay…

— Willie Cauley-Stein

Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try…

— Phife Dawg

I try to keep the music fresh in my head. And I don't always listen to rap; I listen to a little…

— Chamillionaire

I've always done music with so-called thug- or gangster-type lyricists. I've always been associated with that because I'm from the West Coast.

— Madlib

Nas is one of the Greatest Ever. Never has and never will need a ghostwriter. That man’s pen and legacy is without…

— Jay Electronica

Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.

— Chubby Checker