Around Quote by Freddie Gibbs

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

— Ice T

Raps more than a game, its MY LIFE

— Jon Hawes

I always knew I could rap, and in a sense I always rapped. And I've always behaved like a rapper. But I started to…

— Young Thug

When I started out rapping, I became very frightened by the idea that people were trying to pigeonhole me. That's usually what happens to…

— Princess Nokia

Before I was rapping, I was always around the rap game, even though I was in the streets. I would be at all the…

— Fat Joe

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 started rapping on the station promos. We did them over all of the top hits, so people got to hear me rap over…

— Ludacris

I was, like, in a rap gang. I loved rap, and it was all around me.

— Watkin Tudor Jones

Most people when they rap usually have their homies in the studio who rap with 'em, but they homies don't usually be producers.

— Tay Keith

I hadn't done much rapping in a while. I really wasn't sure I was going to do that any more. For a couple years…

— Beck

I don't take anything for granted. I know there are a million and one dudes who are rapping, wishing they were in my shoes.

— Future

Well before I was rapping. I was just a regular kid in school. I just liked to chill my friends and play games and…

— Soulja Boy