Early Quote by Logic

I grew up listening to a lot of 2Pac and a lot of East Coast, West Coast rap; Bad Boy, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown,…

— Saweetie

I grew up, like - since I had a lot of brothers, I grew up listening to Hot Boys, Goodie Mob, OutKast, basically all…

— Denzel Curry

I listened to a lot of Jay Z and Nas, stuff like that, so I was always New York-influenced. I think I have that…

— Rich the Kid

I grew up in the suburbs, and I listened to hip-hop for the right reasons, which was to understand a culture that was beyond…

— Jensen Karp

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

— Akon

Growing up in the Bay, I was still looking for a lot of East Coast hip-hop. I had an older homie put me on…

— G-Eazy

Several people inspired me like Lil' Wayne, Juvenile, the whole Cash Money camp, the No Limit camp, DMX, Jay-Z, Eminem, LL Cool J, I…

— King Louie

I grew up in New York. We were all diversified, as far as music was concerned. I grew up liking just about everything. So…

— Don Alias

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

— Moshe Kasher

A lot of rappers were influenced off the West Coast, even from the East.

— Jay Rock

When I was in high school and first starting to drive by myself, I listened to Wu Tang in the car, and I recognized…

— John Gourley

I occasionally rapped along to some homegrown Korean rap. And then a friend introduced me to Wu-Tang and played me 'Enter the 36th Chambers.'…

— G-Dragon