Kind Quote by Eliza Griswold

The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice.

— Eliza Griswold

Rap is the number one most influential thing, it's the only genre that really strikes a chord. When you sing, you feel a certain…

— Tyga

Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.

— Benjamin Zephaniah

Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.

— Ice Cube

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

— Rita Dove

Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't…

— Michael Franti

It's all about the flow and the beat. Rap is more than just music now.

— Playboi Carti

When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to,…

— Samantha Morton

It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and…

— Ice T

Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would be short…

— Chance the Rapper

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream…

— Zadie Smith