Back Quote by Astro

When it came to hip-hop... I don't know. Maybe I was insecure. You know, this is the early '90s. If you were a white…

— Charlie Day

People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing,…

— Alan Vega

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

— Too Short

You look at other rappers who have been around 10-20 years and even the most diehard fans write you off after that.

— Inspectah Deck

I dunno, around 11th grade, 12th grade I was just like "yeah. This is something I want to do". I was always known; I…

— Ab-Soul

I was never really like, 'Oh, I wanna be famous,' you know, 'I wanna be a big rapper.' I mean, I love rap, but…

— Chamillionaire

I started listening to rap music in 2012 or something, because that was when I started becoming friends with American people, and they showed…

— Rich Brian

I don't think I really knew I was going to be a rapper until sixth grade. Even then, it was still kind of -…

— Chance The Rapper

I knew I wanted to be a rapper when I was, like, 5.

— Megan Thee Stallion

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

My brother and I always had conversations about me being a rapper. I always used to tell him, 'I'm gonna be the hottest rapper.'

— Young M.A

I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first rapper that…

— Tyga