Time Quote by Mark Wahlberg

I've been around a lot longer than most rappers stay around. So I don't feel like, I haven't made too many career mistakes.

— Ice Cube

As I started growing up, living a little and listening to the lyrics, I realized that I was going through a lot of stuff…

— Akon

When I'm in the studio with other rappers, we talk about social issues.

— Chamillionaire

A lot of rappers don't have to go through what I had to go through as a singer. I was always in a bubble…

— Mariah Carey

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

My dad used to be a rapper, he had a rap group. They did proper old school, boom-bap music. He had a high top…

— AJ Tracey

If there's something you want to say or talk about, then that's what rap is all about - talking about your own experience.

— Stefflon Don

I've been around so long that I've seen rappers make it and plummet.

— Tech N9ne

I am used to experiencing so much trauma, that when I see it, I have to speak out. I don't think rappers have a…

— JPEGMAFIA

I constantly think as an artist, as a rapper of what are the stories you want to tell? They can't all be, "I'm ill,…

— Himanshu Suri

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And theyll tell you if you ask.

— Isaac Hayes

Although I have made my career on dirty raps, I have worked over the years to somewhat balance the content of my music with…

— Too Short