Rapper Quotes · Page 99

Rappers have always thought they were better than me. And the media has always thought that I was not relevant to hip-hop,…

— Too Short

You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here…

— DMX

Quite a lot of the American rappers will be a bit confused by the humor and a bit lost. But I think…

— Miquita Oliver

I just so happened to get into Eminem right around when I was going through a lot of stuff.

— Snow Tha Product

Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money.

— Anonymous

Anybody that really knew Tupac will tell you the same thing. That he was just a dude that was full of life,…

— Ice Cube

Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously…

— Dr. Dre

It's a difference between a good rapper and 'king of the city,' they're two different things. You can be a better rapper…

— Yo Gotti

L.A. hip-hop is so different; it's so diverse. Out here, it's, like, funk-inspired; it's, like, '70s-skating-rink-inspired at times. It's Zapp-and-Roger-inspired; it's house-party-era-inspired.

— Nipsey Hussle

Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to…

— R. Kelly

To be honest, and this comes out of left field, but I would love to do something with Jay-Z or Eminem. I…

— Corey Taylor

I was an underground rapper and only 16 years old, a freshman at high school. Bang thought I had potential as a…

— RM

A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out…

— Isaac Hayes

I like Lil Wayne's style. His style probably influences me the most. Basically, he's just wearing exactly what he feels like wearing.…

— Von Miller

Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people…

— Chris Cornell

The fundamentals of hip-hop still play an important role, cause it's about those similes, those metaphors, those parallels. And to some people…

— Pusha T

Eminem was someone that I discovered I liked, largely because of his relationship to language and to his mother.

— Hilton Als

I'm a massive fan of Drake, and we walked right past him. He's too cool to be clapping One Direction though.

— Zayn Malik

I was working with Jay Z while I was still learning how to be who I was about to become.

— Travis Scott

Money made me evil, court cases got me stressed Niggaz aimin at my head but I still wear my vest.

— Tupac Shakur

I rarely get mentioned in the same category as these other guys who have come out after me...[b]ut maybe I'm not that,…

— Danny Denzongpa

Money is my pet peeve, give me hourly if there is none at all, than Im pissed off. I listen to Rick…

— Tyga

I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could.…

— K. Flay

I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.

— Donald Glover

There is not enough high intellect to be catered to and when most people think of Hiphop they think of low intellect.

— Slick Rick

I was just rapping as a pastime and I became good at it. So much so that by the time my Def…

— Joe Budden

I never really planned on being a rapper, I just kinda did it and then people started liking it.

— Aesop Rock

I'm glad I'm setting an example for the younger generation so in the future they can say, 'Look how long E-40's rap…

— E-40

You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a…

— Freddie Gibbs

I'd like to see someone throw a grenade at Bruno Mars' girl while they are walking together and see if he is…

— Aubrey ODay

But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.

— Talib Kweli

John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet.

— Yoko Ono

Rap culture is interesting and different and has purpose but it has a non-romantic view of life and of social feelings. There…

— Hal David

I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning…

— Nicki Minaj

Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

— Jay-Z

What's so crazy is I always looked at Jay Z and guys on the caliber of Jay Z like they just the…

— Zaytoven

Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think…

— apl.de.ap

The first time I really listened to an album and thought, This album is mine, was Kanyes Late Registration.

— Theophilus London

I always say The Weeknd and Post Malone are two huge dream collaborations. Ariana Grande would be cool.

— Tate McRae

But man you've been rappin for years now and ain't made a hit yet, you flopped in a split sec. In the…

— Big L