Front Quote by Stefflon Don

Rapping gave me confidence. I got asked to do talent shows and I came up out of my shyness that way. My name was…

— Da Brat

I was kind of shy about telling people that I could rap for the longest.

— Megan Thee Stallion

I was shy: I sang at home but not in public. My dad's side of the family sang, so I would hear their voices…

— Ro James

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

— Watkin Tudor Jones

I was shy. But when I sang I felt really empowered.

— Judith Durham

I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad…

— Freddie Gibbs

I could rap really good on accident. I talk tight and it just sounded... I don't know. It's just such a big genre for…

— Goldlink

Аfter all the beats and rhymes, I felt like everybody around me was rapping and so I was like.

— Jeremih

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not…

— Hugh Laurie

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

— Dee Dee Ramone

When I was younger I was really shy, but I'd always be singing, driving my family crazy. Apparently I was even singing when I…

— Pixie Lott

At the beginning I wasn't really rapping. I had poetry, so it was a spoken word vibe. Then I found beats that you could…

— Arlo Parks