Top 482 Rappers Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on April 22, 2025.
KRS-One is one of my favorite rappers ever. I actually don't even know why I have this on my computer, but I do. I really like this album, Criminal Minded.
The work ethic behind everything Kanye does is crazy. It's greatness. He told me, 'We're not just rappers, we're artists.'
I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids.
Ghostface, when it comes to hip-hop, was one of my favorite rappers and definitely one of my favorites in the Wu-Tang. He's also a really cool dude.
Rappers and MCs have always had an alias. Building your character, it helps you to get things out.
Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.
Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.
I don't think rappers have a responsibility, but for me, I gotta say something. I can't just look at injustice and keep quiet.
It's hard to find rap that I love, you know. I'm one of those rapping a** rappers, but I just fall into a different category because I'm giving the people what they want.
I'm trying to get more into television and film. I know, like, a million models and rappers have said that, but I actually enjoy voiceover and acting in particular.
I think rappers spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is new. 'How can I say this in a way that no one has ever said it before?'
I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion.
It seems like I have more in common - or hit it off better - with rappers than fools that are in rock music. It was always natural for me.
If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do.
When I got a little older I was obsessed Lil Wayne. But then it was just as many British rappers - Dizzee Rascal I would always listen to.
For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.
People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed was probably the one who started it all.
They respect rappers in the U.S., but in England, it's the Queen's country. She'll forever be putting out the message on these BBC networks that there's no hood: it's tea and red phoneboxes.
I was so obsessed with 2Pac. He was one of the first rappers I heard. "Dear Mama" was one of the first tracks I ever memorized.
I didn't want to be one of these rappers that holds his chain up just faking like he has money. I wanted more.
While I made a splash, rappers came and passed
But still I ask myself: how long does famous last?
Usually when you hear about rappers in Asia, they always try to be like gangsters and stuff like that and I don't get it.
I guess I only work with versatile rappers, chameleons like Guilty Simpson, J Dilla, and Doom.
If women dabble in rap but they're not rappers, to get from dabbling to doing it is really difficult, confidence-wise.
The artists with lyrical content and who say something seem to outlast the fad rappers - I always noticed that.
You can't even tell, but a lot of the time your favourite rappers are wearing a bunch of fake jewellery.
It's not nice to say it - I know female musicians, but not so many rappers. I can't think of one I idolize, which is sad, but I'm hoping that will change.
There's no right or wrong way to do things and I think a lot of the SoundCloud rappers with their DIY music are proving that to be true.
When rappers call each other son it leads me to believe they don't take fatherhood very seriously.
It's like with me, I feel like I was never one of those rappers that, you know, stayed in one time warp.
For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true!
The employees of the year, yeah we back to work.
I took time off, while other rappers got jerked.
White people set goals, rappers 'chase paper', and the Chinese are too busy doing both to talk about either one.
Everybody wants to act like I ain't a big deal when I am. I'm one of the most successful, relevant and influential rappers of my generation.
Rappers aren't the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone's business to be super wealthy.
I like smart rappers who aren't necessarily trying to be deeper than you, like Danny Brown.
Rappers make what's in, in. If we want to bring back something like Jordache, we just say it and the girls start wearing it. We have a lot of pull.
We as rappers have a job and have to get fans music and let them know about stuff that's coming out. So if everyone migrates to Twitter, that's where we go.
Icelandic peoples were the ones who memorized sagas... We were the first rappers of Europe.
You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.
The fact is, I'm the biggest rapper from Memphis, I help a lot of rappers from Memphis.
When I was 24, I realized I could never be one of the best rappers, but I knew I had some of the best ideas.
I notice, a lot of white rappers sometimes, they'll feel like they have to be, like, almost aggressive.
It's probably easier for rappers as far as a respect level. 'Cause with singers, the powers that be tend to feel that we're stupid.
Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them.
A lot of people's favorite rappers will literally get in the booth and just make sounds.
When will rappers & skanks realize God's not the only one who gets to judge them on their actions? We do too. It's called CONSEQUENCES.
There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
I like music, I listened to all rappers; people like Jeezy, Yo Gotti, T.I.
I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them.
I can't really rap the way rappers rap; I drive a 2002 Toyota Avalon.
Rappers on their sophomores...actin' like they boss lords.
Fame's such a funny thing for sure when niggas start believing all those encores.
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 would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
I believe there are talented female rappers out there that aren't one-dimensional. It's OK to be one-dimensional, by the way.
It's no coincidence that all the greatest rappers - whoever you put in your top five - I guarantee you they a great storyteller.
On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas.
Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft?
They corny ass raps be makin me doze off.
My killer crossover project would be to combine Bjork and Grace Jones with the West Coast rappers and create this massive music. That's, like, one of my dreams.
