Being the best Quote by Ja Rule

When you're a rapper, just a rapper, you have to kind of settle for whatever comes your way - if a beat is hot,…

— J. Cole

In hip hop, it's a lot more about lacing a hot track. I start it, I help mix it, I help write it, I…

— Benny Blanco

With 'Hip-Hop Saved My Life,' I attempted to make 'Kick, Push,' but for rappers. To give a real basic play-by-play of the life of…

— Lupe Fiasco

Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be…

— Kim Nam-joon

I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now…

— Tom Colicchio

Hip hop has always been braggin' and boasting and 'I'm better at you than this' and 'I'm better at you than that.'

— Eminem

Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you…

— Wale

The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than…

— Ice T

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and…

— Kendrick Lamar

Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.

— Ben Harper

In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If…

— Nick Cannon

Me rapping over other people's beats doesn't mean as much as when Lil Wayne does it - no matter how hard I'm going in.

— Donnis