Ems Quote by Young Jeezy

Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.

— Ice Cube

I don't like people being something that they ain't, and we got a lot of that in rap right now.

— Freddie Gibbs

When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.

— Azealia Banks

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.

— Afrika Bambaataa

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

Rap songs don't always have to have a message. They can be done for pure entertainment or just to get a laugh.

— Big Daddy Kane

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

— Peter Steele

I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep trying to…

— Jay-Z

If there's something you want to say or talk about, then that's what rap is all about - talking about your own experience.

— Stefflon Don

Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.

— Benjamin Zephaniah

Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live

— Anonymous

Rap is something you live; hip hop is something you do.

— KRS-One