Girl Quote by Rico Nasty

In 7th grade, I believe, I wrote my first rap song. It was about everything I was seeing, everything that was going on around…

— Kevin Gates

Before I was rapping, I did poetry. I went to a performing art school, and I won an award for the talent show for…

— Doechii

It's weird, 'cause when I was a little kid I thought I was gonna be this super famous singer. But I got that outta…

— Snow Tha Product

I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my English was…

— Rich Brian

When I was 18 or 19, I started writing raps properly.

— Stefflon Don

When I was 16, I was rapping just to rap.

— Tierra Whack

My parents tried to sell me. I was looking for a way to share my feelings, so I started to rap to talk about…

— Sonita Alizadeh

I always knew I wanted to rap.

— Ice Spice

I loved writing lyrics for rap when I was in junior high. I loved studying, but somehow I wanted to be a rapper who…

— RM

I learned my first songs when I was six and seven, and when I was eight years old, I won a local talent show.

— Roy Orbison

When rap music needed to have a teacher, I became it.

— KRS-One

That's something I can never lose: my love for the art of rap. As I grew older and became more interested in song writing,…

— Vic Mensa