Art Quote by Doechii

When I was in fourth grade, I started writing a lot of poetry, and eventually, someone in the church was like, 'You should switch…

— Cupcakke

I wrote my first rhymes around 8th grade. After serving a year in juvenile detention, I decided to pursue my career as an artist.

— Yukmouth

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

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

Before I was rapping, I was an interior designer and decorator.

— Big Freedia

I always wrote poems when I was a little girl, and I loved hip hop music, and I kind of just started writing poems…

— Chanel West Coast

I always did poetry, and [rap music is] pretty much hip-hop melody with poems.

— Tiffany Foxx

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

— Tierra Whack

I used to write little rhyming words on the paper. I'd start rapping them at home, when I'd finish my homework. I had to…

— Marvin Bagley III

I was writing poems and little freestyle raps in my notes throughout all of elementary and high school.

— Ice Spice

When I first knew that I wanted to rap I was seven years old and I lost the talent show. It was like spoken…

— Rico Nasty

I don't know how I started rapping. The first I did was at school. I tried writing one. I liked it. People started to…

— YoungBoy Never Broke Again