Quotes About Rap

I mean, Common was and is like my favorite rapper.

Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.

I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.'

Jason Aldean is actually probably a really good rapper. He sounds like it to me.

'Rapper's Delight' was done in 17 minutes. Just one take, no mistakes, and it went to press from there. The record went platinum in 8 days.

I'm a pretty terrible rapper. I always have been.

I love rap, and I try to write a bit like a rapper, to have a flow.

I'm a huge fan of Big L. He is my favorite rapper.

I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.

When Elton John sang a duet with the white rapper Eminem on a Grammy telecast, rap went mainstream. Massive parental headaches followed.

Before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.

The best bounce rapper ain't gonna be able to compete with Jay-Z, not on a major scale.

I would love to collaborate with Chance the Rapper. I love his lyrics and his sound and everything.

I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and kind of be a bit more experimental and open myself up a bit, whether that's taking influence from jazz or soul or electronic.

As a rapper, I was heavily influenced by American rap albums. But for songs that are more melody-driven, I get my inspiration from Korean albums.

In my heart, I believe I'm a top flight comedian and a top flight rapper.

I feel like Europe is way more advanced. They're way more open to the definition of jazz. More cool. They're like, 'You want to do that? Awesome. You want to work with a rapper? Awesome.' They're not, 'Aah, it's not real jazz.'

Biggie was the King Of New York as a rapper. There's a lot more dangerous guys than Biggie Smalls out there, you know what I'm saying? John Gotti was way closer to King Of New York than him.

I don't want to be a small-time, independent, successful rapper.

I almost turned down '8 Mile.' I was due to start 'ER,' and I learned they really wanted me to be in '8 Mile.' I didn't know Eminem; I just knew he was a rapper and saw what everyone else saw in the media. I thought they were just trying to capitalize on his popularity.

If someone announces me as a 'Christian rapper,' there's still an 'Eh, no thanks.' But perceptions are starting to change.

My favorite rapper of all time is Jadakiss - hands down, no question.

Drake and Kanye, y'all gotta move out of the way. I'm younger than y'all. I look better than y'all. I got more swag than y'all. And it just is what it is. I'm here to take it. I'm the new best rapper.

I'm not a horrorcore rapper. I rap my life, but I love horror movies.