Art Quote by KRS-One

You don't have to be a gangster rapper to be successful. You can do anything.

— YG

I ain't no gangster. I'm a grown man trying to run a business.

— Suge Knight

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream…

— Zadie Smith

I'm not a gangster. I'm a musician.

— Mike Dean

It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy…

— KRS-One

I have never seen a rap artist yet to come and say, 'I'm a gangsta'. What he says is 'Man I spit that gangsta…

— MC Hammer

If you're true to the upliftment of people and the unity of people, raising the self-worth of people, then you live within your means.…

— KRS-One

If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money,…

— Dr. Dre

I don't really want to rap about money.

— Hopsin

I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you; I didn't really want…

— Lil Uzi Vert

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry.

— Young Thug

I think a lot of rappers limit themselves by doing the gangster movies and that's stereotypical for a rapper.

— Mase