Always Quote by Dizzee Rascal

I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character.

— Nicki Minaj

When I'm writing for rappers it's kinda like switching, "Okay, you're not PJ. Now you have to act like a rapper."

— PJ Harvey

Dont call me a rapper, I’m an artist. Update your minds. I ‘INCORPORATE’ hip hop elements because I am part MC, but I am…

— Kid Cudi

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you…

— Wale

I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't get, because...…

— Drake

We rappers are role models.

— Kanye West

I'm not a conscious rapper, all those things we talk about, the struggle, the pain, the outlook to the future, keep your head up.…

— J. Cole

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.

— Tupac Shakur

I try to get the hip-hop aesthetic, most times without an MC. I don't use a rapper or a DJ to give it the…

— Robert Glasper

It's not that I'm playing a rapper. I definitely feel like I'm a legitimate rapper. I just think that, who I am, there's more…

— Lil Dicky

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like…

— Queen Latifah

I don't actually like calling myself a rapper. I'm more a performer.

— CL