Deals Quote by Sean Paul

I don't accept 'political rapper' because I don't give a damn about either political party. I give a damn about the people. My rap…

— Killer Mike

Rap is good for politics because when you make a rap record, you put good music on a track and people listen to you.…

— Big Daddy Kane

I guess it's easier to bash rap artists than to talk about the country's real problems, such as the AIDS crisis, poverty, the cost…

— Bushwick Bill

My rap comes from a sociological standpoint rather than picking a particular side or dogma or ideology. I just want people to be free…

— Killer Mike

If I wasn't rapping about politics, then I might have been just another person trying to sell albums, and I might have sounded like…

— Boots Riley

Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try…

— Willie Nelson

I don't like political rappers.

— Yung Lean

I do think there's a great deal of politics mixed in rap. Their reference to the real world is much better than most, particularly…

— Nellie McKay

With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.

— Young Jeezy

Many elitists hate rap as much as they hate country, though they don't like to admit it for fear of appearing racially insensitive.

— Will Shetterly

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

We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what…

— Ice Cube