Calling Quote by Mic Geronimo

I was just rapping as a pastime and I became good at it. So much so that by the time my Def Jam contract…

— Joe Budden

I think if you pick up a microphone and you rap, you're a rapper.

— Logic

I don't actually like calling myself a rapper. I'm more a performer.

— CL

I started DJ-ing in the '90s. DJ-ing is in every record I do. When I make records I make them for DJs.

— Lil Jon

When I started DJing, because everyone called me 'Snake' in my city first, I was like, 'DJ Snake - OK, let's go for it.'…

— DJ Snake

I don't think I'd call myself a rapper.

— Rex Orange County

I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it doesn't really…

— Kaskade

I am Michael Render - that's what my mom named me. 'Killer Mike' is what my dumb friends called me in a rap battle…

— Killer Mike

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

— Jermaine Dupri

When I started rapping, I was like, I'ma change my name before I become famous. And that didn't happen. I didn't have time.

— Rico Nasty

I've been DJing since I was in high school.

— Virgil Abloh

I was rapping because there were so many things that I wanted to say. There weren't enough words for me to articulate all of…

— Saint Jhn