Dad Quote by AJ Tracey

My mother was a - she worked at a halfway house. And one of the former inmates slid me a mix-tape full of different…

— Lecrae

I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was a bad…

— Estelle

I grew up listening to a lot of rap music. My dad's a DJ from Brooklyn, and he's a very soulful guy, so he…

— Chanel West Coast

My dad and uncles listened to a lot of rap. My dad is a big fan of LL Cool J. Driving in the car…

— Errol Spence Jr

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap.

— Moshe Kasher

I had written rap songs in the early '90s and even did a couple homemade rap songs with my brother in like '88 or…

— Aesop Rock

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.

— Ja Rule

Around the time that I was in high school, a lot of rappers were coming out with mixtapes of them rapping over other people's…

— Saweetie

I didn't get into music until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time.

— Gonjasufi

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

— KRS-One

I was a rapper. Like every black kid I was attracted to rapping. I wanted to be like L.L. Cool J and those guys.…

— Al B. Sure

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

— Estelle