Although I had the label of being the 'pretty girl rapper with a lot of followers,' I just broke the rules. — Saweetie Copy Share Image
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who… — Suge Knight Copy Share Image
Obviously, Jay Z definitely got my attention. I thought it was pretty cool that he wanted me on the team. — Frances Tiafoe Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop isn't just music. It also a spiritual movement of blacks! You can't just call hip-hop a trend. — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer,… — Wale Copy Share Image
I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I think people underestimate because I'm the rap guy, I'm a crazy guy, screaming all the time. But that doesn't mean that… — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar sounds decades older than he is, and it's not necessarily the wear and tear that comes from a… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
To me, Wu-Tang is beyond Wu-Tang Clan... It's just like, hip-hop is beyond Grandmaster Flash, but Grandmaster Flash was one of the… — Rza Copy Share Image
I really love to act. I really love to touch the people with my work. It's about giving people what they want… — Cory Hardrict Copy Share Image
I come from a town of 800 people, and you just listen to Jay Z there. You never think about meeting him.… — Willie Cauley-Stein Copy Share Image
Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
Hip-hop was my first real love, one that was my own and wasn't my parents' music. Initially, I was inspired by hip-hop… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I take the typical words, or I pick a two-word, three-word pattern. One of the things I'm known for is I was… — Bun B Copy Share Image
Biggie was the King Of New York as a rapper. There's a lot more dangerous guys than Biggie Smalls out there, you… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The first time I heard Adam Feeney and Chester Stone Hansen's 'Vibez,' it was used in Drake's '0-100' as a sample. — Yuna Copy Share Image
You don't have a lot of women doing things for women, so when I'm rapping I gotta talk all this mess so… — Megan Thee Stallion Copy Share Image
And the rap game is just like the dope game, the minute you forget it, forget it you finished! — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
I don't wanna be known as just a hip-hop artist. I wanna take it to a whole 'nother level. — Eve Copy Share Image
I have tried... believe me, I have tried to like rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old. I have… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I aint sayin I'm requestin anyone that's perfect but I just need a woman that'll make it all worth it. — Drake Copy Share Image
Hip Hop has its ups and downs but I'm gonna do my best to not necessarily bring that back but just remind… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is interesting, but American pop music doesn't have the kind of diversity that the UK does. — Casey Spooner Copy Share Image
I was heavily influenced by Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, but I kind of wanted to take it somewhere else. — Rakim Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do something I knew I could love to wake up and do every day, and rap was just… — Dave East Copy Share Image
I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at. — Nas Copy Share Image
I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels… — Nas Copy Share Image
Frank Ocean would be incredible; I'd love to be a sponge and absorb everything he says. Every song he puts out, I'm… — Alessia Cara Copy Share Image
New flows got new flows, rap is stress but it pays great. Pimp flows n screw flows my shit that sounded like… — Drake Copy Share Image
You dont know me, you just met me, well if i couldnt have it..silly rabbit, why ya sweat me — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Would the Element be a car for people who like hip-hop, or for people waiting for a hip-op? — James May Copy Share Image
Rap songs don't always have to have a message. They can be done for pure entertainment or just to get a laugh. — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
The great thing about Eminem is, he's just hysterical. You forget, people like Eminem because he is riotously funny. And he's a… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I love Jermaine Dupri. He's very smart at what he does. There's always a method to his madness. — Da Brat Copy Share Image
Coming up as a female rapper - well, a female artist in general - everything is just so black and white. — Tink Copy Share Image
You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man. — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
