Interested Quote by John Hodgman

Rap or hip-hop music emerged in the West because of the atrocities against the Blacks. Their lyrics had a certain style of rebellion and…

— Badshah

Rap got me out of the hood. Rap got me out of Houston and helped me to see the world.

— Chamillionaire

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

— Kid Rock

I was always into the West Coast rap, the production and the flows were always more appealing to me. I think my rapping days…

— MO

By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music.

— Chuck Eddy

Urban breakbeat has become the mood of the '90s, like rap was in the '80s.

— Goldie

Rap music was and is, for me, everything.

— Jason Reynolds

I'm huge into '90s rap. It's my jam.

— Danielle Fishel

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

I listened to a lot of old school, golden era music. It gave me a lot of insight on how to rap and give…

— Big K.R.I.T

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.

— Ice T

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

— Dee Dee Ramone