Rapping Quotes

I was rapping at eight.

— Nick Cannon

Rapping is the only time I'm serious.

— Earl Sweatshirt

“Effie rapping on my door.”

— Suzanne Collins

I'm not, like, 'comedy rapping.'

— Riff Raff

I've been rapping since I was, probably, 14.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

To me, rapping is an art.

— Iman Shumpert

If I wasn't rapping I'd be trapping

— 2 Chainz

Rapping is something I just do for fun.

— Sony Michel

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

— Questlove

In high school I was making beats for my friends and for myself and rapping over them.

— Mike Shinoda

I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.

— Quincy Jones

Rapping was a joke, but the music helped me break out of my shell.

— Lil Xan

When I first came back into the booth, I starting rapping.

— Tony Sunshine

Before I was rapping, I was an interior designer and decorator.

— Big Freedia

To me, I'm on a whole different level of rapping.

— Lil Baby

I try to make music, all kinds of music, whether it be singing or rapping.

— Tory Lanez

I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping.

— Freddie Gibbs

SK La'Flare's a legend. It was me, him and Vince, and Frank would come through sometimes and s - - and he…

— Earl Sweatshirt

I started making music for fun maybe my senior year in college. I started rapping in high school, but it wasn't anything…

— Cakes da killa

When I first started rapping, I used to just jock Jay Z super hard. Back when I was like 14 and 15,…

— JPEGMAFIA

Jay-Z was huge. I was like 2 years old throwing up my diamond, rapping. I know all of 'The Blueprint.' I've heard…

— Cordae

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

— Joe Budden

I think somewhere along the way I realized, 'O.K., no one's gonna care about a chubby Jewish dude rapping.' I realized I'd…

— Benny Blanco

My ultimate goal is my son, and a lot of other kids, to not have to grow up the way I grew…

— Lil Baby

When I was in fourth grade, I started writing a lot of poetry, and eventually, someone in the church was like, 'You…

— Cupcakke

I had a softer voice when I first started rapping. I tried to sound like a girl rapper. But when I would…

— GloRilla

My mom made me read a ton of books, so I got good at words and understood the English language. So when…

— Saint Jhn

Well before I was rapping. I was just a regular kid in school. I just liked to chill my friends and play…

— Soulja Boy

Another blunt rapping twister, another story told a new motel packed that play that coming through your audio, switch it like a…

— Pac Div

I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture,…

— Ice T

He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because…

— Freddie Gibbs

They wanted to hear more, so thats what motivated me to keep doing it. I got in the studio. Ive been through…

— Ludacris

What came first I would say was the producing. I was a huge fan of Pharrell Williams and around that era, when…

— Kevin McCall

Before I started rapping, I was into dancing. I felt like God put it on my mind to rap. When I first…

— Lil Chuckee

There are a lot of new sounds I've gone for, which I may not have been ready to go for in the…

— Illy

I like to consider myself a student of hip hop. There's a certain level of certification and wit and craftsmanship that comes…

— Cakes da killa

“Hip-hop has always been controversial, and for good reason. When you watch a children's show and they've got a muppet rapping about…

— Jay-Z

“It's corny, but I think poems are echoes of the voices in your head and from your past. Your sisters, your father,…

— Paul Beatty

I think its sad that the media and people influence us on our decisions so much that were almost afraid to do…

— Diggy Simmons