Quotes About Rap

I don't like rap that doesn't have a story behind it.

It's all about the flow and the beat. Rap is more than just music now.

B.I.G. was like the Alfred Hitchcock of rap. Like, this dude's story form was so nuts.

'Chopper City in the Ghetto,' real talk, it's what changed Cash Money from a Bounce label to a Rap label.

Rap, to me, is communal. It's something you do with your friends. So becoming a member of a group was the dream.

I just like heavy music in general - from heavy rock and heavy metal and heavy rap and heavy everything. I've always been attracted to it.

Most of my influences aren't rap. I love Coldplay.

I think the sound of 'The Infamous' came naturally from our lifestyle and some of the criminal things we were doing. We always rap about what we're living, and to put a beat to lyrics like those is hard.

OutKast. For them to come back together to rap with me and my brother Krizz Kaliko would be ginormous.

I really don't think I have a genre, honestly, 'cause I make such different music even though it is rap.

The rap community know that I'm doing very well. They're embracing me... They like the flavour.

I like Batman, I like basketball, and I like to rap.

The way I rap isn't about me boasting. Rarely will I do that.

I was born in the studio. I knew I loved music. I found my niche at, like, seven or eight. That's when I knew I wanted to rap.

I'm a fan of hip-hop. I'm a fan of rap, so anything new that's happening, I'm hip to it.

I rap about life in general, particularly my life, unless telling a story.

Before I came out, there was no such thing as a black conciousness movement. Kids on the street didn't know who Malcom X or Martin Luther King was until rap let them know.

Where I go, rap goes. Rap is like my dog; it's like my little pet. And where I go, I lead my little pet with me.

It's funny: I've seen a lot of the rock attitude come into play in the rap world, where it's like they're angry, or there's this defiance going on, and there's a lot of danger, and it's actually really encouraging; they're opening the door for us to kind of move on in again.

I listen to rap a lot. I love Nas, Damien Marley, and Lauryn Hill.

Even though 'Turn Down For What' is considered an EDM song, it's really a rap song.

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 that's respected.

I loved English and I tell kids that without English I wouldn't be able to rap.

I would describe my music as very honest. I just rap about myself, and not in a narcissistic way. I feel like I have a story to tell.