Around Quote by Kevin Gates

I wrote my first song in the first or second grade.

— YoungBoy Never Broke Again

I probably wrote my first rap when I was 10, maybe 11 or 12. And I shared it with my family immediately. Like didn't…

— Jelly Roll

I was writing poems and little freestyle raps in my notes throughout all of elementary and high school.

— Ice Spice

The first song I ever wrote was in grade eight.

— Daniel Caesar

In fifth grade I started out writing simple raps and bringing them to school and everyone thought they were hot. I used to spit…

— Chris Webby

When I first knew that I wanted to rap I was seven years old and I lost the talent show. It was like spoken…

— Rico Nasty

I believe I was in 8th grade with my friend Nick, who actually went on to produce for me and record my tracks throughout…

— Chris Webby

8th grade I started writing my own songs. They weren't good songs or anything, but it was always the song writing aspect of things…

— William Clark Green

When I was a kid, I was just rapping about school and stuff like that.

— Joyner Lucas

In 1979, I was in ninth grade. Before I started tenth grade, I was already rapping myself. I didn't wait around to see what…

— Too Short

The first rap that I wrote was about my Maths teacher, and as expected, he didn't like it, but the students loved it!

— Badshah

It must have been when I was 14 or 15 that I started tentatively writing songs and was able to convey an emotion and…

— Lorde