Art Quote by Rick James

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads,…

— Ice T

To me, rapping is an art.

— Iman Shumpert

Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would be short…

— Chance the Rapper

Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool

— KRS-One

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation of rap…

— Badshah

By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic standing of…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah.…

— Earl Sweatshirt

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

Rap culture is interesting and different and has purpose but it has a non-romantic view of life and of social feelings. There may be…

— Hal David

I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.

— El-P

The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice. Landays, they're…

— Eliza Griswold