Approach Quote by Ice Cube

Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.

— Aesop Rock

Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is…

— Stephen Glover

We loved that form of music. We're all huge rap fans, so we just incorporated it.

— Charlie Benante

To me, the whole thing with the roots of rap music was when the DJ had to supply all the music for the group…

— Mike D

Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream…

— Ice Cube

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

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that…

— Saul Williams

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

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

— Playboi Carti

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better…

— Adam Rich

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making…

— Nate Ruess

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