About Quote by Ezra Koenig

I grew up with my older brother listening to hip hop, and Jay-Z was the main person I listened to. When it comes to…

— Tinchy Stryder

I started rapping since, like, 14. But I've been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard 'Baby Don't Cry,' I'll never forget.

— Iggy Azalea

Man, I just knew. When I was in middle school I always used to love listening to rap. The first [song] my pops bought…

— Ludacris

I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my English was…

— Rich Brian

I didn't get into music until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time.

— Gonjasufi

I started writing rhymes in fact when I was 11 or 12 years old. I was actually into hip hop before anything else.

— Jay Sean

I was just a huge fan of music, so that's how I learned how to rap.

— Amine

I always loved music, and really, I've been rapping since I was, like, 12.

— Denzel Curry

I've been obsessed with music since I was a little girl. I knew I wanted to be a singer when I was 9 years old.

— Snoh Aalegra

My dad loved music, and he passed that on to me. I fell in love with hip-hop the first time I heard it. I…

— Trip Lee

I grew up, like - since I had a lot of brothers, I grew up listening to Hot Boys, Goodie Mob, OutKast, basically all…

— Denzel Curry

I was really raised on hip-hop, and hip-hop introduced me basically to all the music I listen to now.

— Adrian Younge