Music Quote by Aesop Rock

Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is…

— Stephen Glover

You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.

— Dan Deacon

Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would be short…

— Chance the Rapper

To me, the whole thing with the roots of rap music was when the DJ had to supply all the music for the group…

— Mike D

They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And…

— Ice Cube

It's all about the flow and the beat. Rap is more than just music now.

— Playboi Carti

We loved that form of music. We're all huge rap fans, so we just incorporated it.

— Charlie Benante

They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own…

— Max Roach

Rap is supposed to change. It's supposed to do new things.

— Ahmad Balshe

Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool

— KRS-One

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

— Kanye West