Accept me Quote by Vanilla Ice

Before rap came along, I was, actually, actively in the streets; getting in trouble, doing the wrong thing.

— Ice T

I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about…

— Conor Oberst

With rap music, because it's all so on the street, you get treated like a street cat: "All right, you've been eatin' enough, you're…

— Nas

Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on…

— Chance the Rapper

People don't want rap to be anything other than it is. But genres expand. My contributions, no matter how they sound, will always be…

— Chance The Rapper

I accept who I am. Rapping is not my forte.

— C. J. McCollum

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

— Method Man

... I get more respect from rap artists than I do from my own industry. I don't always write the kind of music that…

— Toby Keith

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.

— Ice T

Everybody knows with rap artists, if you can't go to the hood, it's almost like you're not authentic, even if you're a dope artist…

— DJ Premier

When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You separate the two, and that ain't…

— Young Jeezy

Without me, rap is just a bunch of orphans.

— Drake