Circle of friends Quote by LeCrae

I was a rapper. Like every black kid I was attracted to rapping. I wanted to be like L.L. Cool J and those guys.…

— Al B. Sure

I always wanted to do something I knew I could love to wake up and do every day, and rap was just second nature…

— Dave East

Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house and just…

— G-Eazy

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

I grew up listening to everything outside hip-hop. Hip-hop came later in my life.

— Akon

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap.

— Moshe Kasher

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

At the beginning I wasn't really rapping. I had poetry, so it was a spoken word vibe. Then I found beats that you could…

— Arlo Parks

Rapping gave me confidence. I got asked to do talent shows and I came up out of my shyness that way. My name was…

— Da Brat

Well before I was rapping. I was just a regular kid in school. I just liked to chill my friends and play games and…

— Soulja Boy

I grew up listening to a lot of rap music. My dad's a DJ from Brooklyn, and he's a very soulful guy, so he…

— Chanel West Coast

Аfter all the beats and rhymes, I felt like everybody around me was rapping and so I was like.

— Jeremih