Art Quote by Bushwick Bill

Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try…

— Willie Nelson

I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal.

— Sean Paul

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

When I'm in the studio with other rappers, we talk about social issues.

— Chamillionaire

I just think that rap takes way more slack than the video games and the movies. We don't make guns. Smith and Wesson makes…

— Cam'ron

We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what…

— Ice Cube

I can't expect rappers to be politicized when Americans are not socially motivated enough to care about their own lives and public policy as…

— Killer Mike

Rap is good for politics because when you make a rap record, you put good music on a track and people listen to you.…

— Big Daddy Kane

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

— Dennis Rodman

There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's…

— M.I.A

There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem…

— Russell Simmons

America was violent before rap.

— Krs One