Ground zero Quote by The Game

And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap.

— Tupac Shakur

I get high like the clouds Gather every rapper up Bring em to the roof And watch em' fly for the Styles

— Anonymous

I never really planned on being a rapper, I just kinda did it and then people started liking it.

— Aesop Rock

You niggas hated and I levitated further, knew I would kill the game premeditated murder.

— Jcole

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

— Ice T

Rappers start then they stall. Findin it very hard to make it over the wall.

— Q-tip

With 'Hip-Hop Saved My Life,' I attempted to make 'Kick, Push,' but for rappers. To give a real basic play-by-play of the life of…

— Lupe Fiasco

Im doing my gangsta lean rolling to the park , drink my gasalene and smokin bunch of rocks , nigga I'm rollin tha dice…

— Dopeboy

I was a rapper. The reason I stopped rapping was because I realized that people wanted guys like Puff Daddy. That's not what I…

— No I.D

They told me Hip-Hop dead, so late night, I'm at the cemetary diggin' his grave out, These old niggaz washed up, played out, Whip…

— French Montana

It's like with me, I feel like I was never one of those rappers that, you know, stayed in one time warp.

— E-40

When I was younger, I was addicted to the idea of becoming a rapper.

— Charli XCX