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When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop, like A…

— Mat Kearney

I grew up on Wu-Tang and Tribe and Nas, all the raw, very New York-driven music. Then when I got older - in my…

— Logic

Nas always been my favorite rapper, but 50 Cent, he changed my way of thinking about music 'cause he was so detailed in his…

— Schoolboy Q

Man, I just knew. When I was in middle school I always used to love listening to rap. The first [song] my pops bought…

— Ludacris

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

They use all of the music that I did in the '50s, '60s and the '70s behind people like Tupac and LL Cool J.…

— Donald Byrd

I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I grew up in a household listening to hip-hop music.

— Candace Owens

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.

— Ja Rule

I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.

— Karrine Steffans

Early on in my life, I got two older brothers; we used to listen to Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne.

— DaBaby

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