Listening Quote by Big Daddy Kane

The rapping is cool, but my lines aren't all that fly. People like Biggie Smalls or Jay-Z who say stuff that you have to…

— Missy Elliot

I always wanted the flowiness that hip-hop artists had. I always admired how they rapped so fast, but I never wanted to rap; I…

— Dua Lipa

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

— Yoko Ono

Pete Rock, CL Smooth, all this East Coast stuff - that's kind of, like, the rappers I first admired. I wanna rap just like…

— Kyle

The rap game is kinda crazy, so I go with the flow but make sure that I cover my bases and do whatever to…

— Lil Baby

Rap, for me, I go at any tempo and any sound of beat and incorporate melody as well.

— Santan Dave

I listened to a lot of old school, golden era music. It gave me a lot of insight on how to rap and give…

— Big K.R.I.T

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

I like my raps but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time…

— Tyler, The Creator

I liked rap from a young age, from listening to MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice.

— Clint Dempsey

The hip-hop that I really connected with was Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice Cube, and N.W.A. That late '80s and early '90s era. The beginning…

— Jess Row

Rap was an outlet for me to express myself. Nobody was trying to hear no R&B/Funk band from East Houston, so I guess I…

— Scarface