Quotes About Integrity

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.

I definitely don't want to be one of the bad guys. And I don't want to be one of the people who bring rap a bad name. That's not me.

It was, 'If you don't do 'The Show Goes On,' your album's not coming out.' I had nothing to do with that record - nothing. I was literally told how I should rap on it. But I'm a bastard, 'cos I'll turn around and put it back in your face.

Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.

I don't feel pressure to act like other people or rap like other people, because I just can't.

I don't really want to rap about money.

I'm obviously not a rapper, and I don't have any claims to be one, really.

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.

I don't want to be a rapper that puts out, like, 600 songs a year.

I'm a human before I'm even a rapper.

I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.

I'm a relationship guy. I'm not about that 'rapper life.'

I'm not obsessed with the idea of doing what you're supposed to be doing when you're a rapper. Walking around with cash that you haven't even provisioned for tax. Spending all of your time in the designer store to create some weird impression. I'm not interested, bro. I just like making music, and that's it.

I'm not a mumble rapper.

I'm not a rapper. I stay in my lane.

I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?

I don't want to do one of those records where it's like a compilation of a bunch of all sorts of rappers on my beats. I don't find those to be focused albums.

I didn't want to be one of these rappers that holds his chain up just faking like he has money. I wanted more.

I've been around a long time, and when I was at the top of the hill, I was very ahead of my time! Evidence of that is that my music is still current today - you know, rappers sample it all the time. So, rather than compromise my artistic integrity, I concentrated on movies.

There's a lot of other rappers that aren't what they claim to be, and they get a pass because they're black.

A lot of rappers lie about who and what they are.

Everybody knows rappers don't do all they say they do.

There's rappers out there that don't even know how to rhyme. They take someone else's words and go with it. To each his own.

I believe being honourable lasts longer than rapping good.