Average Quote by Jlin

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

People stereotype female rappers a whole lot.

— Tink

People are shocked by it, but if I were Guns N Roses or Van Halen, no-one would be surprised. Or a rapper look at…

— Kesha

I actually don't preoccupy myself with 'I'm going to do this kind of rap in this kind of genre' kind of thinking when I…

— J-Hope

Rap is hardcore street music but there are women out there who can hang with the best male rappers. What holds us back is…

— Cheryl James

Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on…

— Chance the Rapper

When I do music, I don't feel like it's competition. Then again, it kinda is, but I don't like thinking like that. And I…

— Cardi B

I think - a lot of times in hip-hop, especially - artists get kind of pigeonholed into being 'the guy,' and it's kind of…

— MF Doom

I'm worried about being pigeonholed as an artist, especially a female one, but I think, essentially, it's the music which people judge you by.

— Kate Nash

If you tell somebody that you make music they're all interested. But when you say you rap, they just start rolling their eyes at…

— Brent Faiyaz

Some artists think every woman is a groupie, and that every dude is a sucker, and I never looked at people like that.

— Immortal Technique

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if…

— Ani DiFranco