Benz Quote by Eric Bolling

Hopefully the rappers can start to open the eyes in the neighborhoods and communities.

— Rakim

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and…

— Saul Williams

Rappers aren't the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone's business to…

— Drake

There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem…

— Russell Simmons

Not only the brothers on the street but the middle class brothers are also identifying with the gangster rappers because of the extent to…

— Angela Davis

Most rappers are black men. If you're a black man, you owe something to the community that you came from. If you're rapping about…

— Killer Mike

“Rappers, as a class, are not engaged in anything criminal. They're musicians. Some rappers and friends of rappers commit crimes. Some bus drivers commit…

— Jay-Z

A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come…

— Nicki Minaj

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

— Dennis Rodman

As a black artist in America, you know, it is so segregated as far as the radio goes and how they position music on…

— Kelis

This is where hip-hop has become so doomed lately, in this confusion that rappers are street guys. You are not street guys. Get out…

— Ethan Brown

Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.

— Jason Reynolds