Being Quote by Dave East

I'm from New York and I love New York and I'm always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just…

— ASAP Rocky

I don't even like New York rappers.

— ASAP Rocky

There's no New York rapper who's out that is competing with me because first of all, I'm the best.

— Fabolous

The fashion and the rap go hand in hand with New York City.

— Dave East

New York is responsible for bringing that raw, that real gritty hip-hop, because we... originated it.

— Rakim

I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.

— ASAP Rocky

Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm glad I…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been Paris.

— Ice Cube

Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.

— Nas

Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.

— Mike D

I listened to a lot of Jay Z and Nas, stuff like that, so I was always New York-influenced. I think I have that…

— Rich the Kid

In America, they don't need to look outside their country for anything, so they definitely don't need to look elsewhere for rappers with weird…

— AJ Tracey