Crew Quote by Queen Latifah

As far as the rapping, the rapping was just something that I started doing cause I thought it was cool. I just went ahead…

— T-Pain

I started rapping on the station promos. We did them over all of the top hits, so people got to hear me rap over…

— Ludacris

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 remember I rapped for a friend, and my friend really encouraged me and was blown away, like 'Whoa, that was dope!' Ever since…

— Chanel West Coast

When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because I was…

— Freddie Gibbs

Rapping was just something that I started doing cause I thought it was cool. I just went ahead and did that cause everybody was…

— T-Pain

I was, like, in a rap gang. I loved rap, and it was all around me.

— Watkin Tudor Jones

I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.

— Abbie Cornish

I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids.

— Katy Perry

It never crossed my mind that I was the white guy rapping. I was best friends with Chamillionaire and whatever he did, I did.…

— Paul Wall

I'’ve been a Hip-Hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted…

— Andy Milonakis

I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think…

— Flume