Charity Quote by Doc Brown

I started rapping because my mom died when I was about 11 years old, and I was a very rebellious kid. I've been kicked…

— Tory Lanez

I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14.

— Tarana Burke

Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house and just…

— G-Eazy

My parents didn't really restrict my movement, so I got involved in the underground music scene and the activism scene; I was doing some…

— Jess Row

When I was 16, I was rapping just to rap.

— Tierra Whack

I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.

— Brandy Norwood

I've been in the newspapers since I was about 15 - not for rapping, but for real substantive stuff I was doing in the…

— Killer Mike

I got into rapping by being a victim of circumstances; it was a hard situation with my brother. Mainly my older brother got hit…

— Trae tha Truth

In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.

— Hilda Solis

Before I was rapping, I did poetry. I went to a performing art school, and I won an award for the talent show for…

— Doechii

I had a lot of jobs. I worked over 50 jobs before I rapped for a living.

— Joseph Bruce

I started rapping when I was 18-19.

— Goldlink