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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi...
IRWIN THOMAS When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no ...
JACK JONES![]()
There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on t...
J. COLE If women dabble in rap but they're not rappers, to get from dabbling to doing it is really diffi...
AWKWAFINA I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sens...
EARL SWEATSHIRT![]()
Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but som...
MICHAEL FRANTI![]()
When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're tal...
SAMANTHA MORTON I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop....
KREAYSHAWN Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on...
EAZY-E![]()
Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap ab...
CHANCE THE RAPPER You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listeni...
HARMONY KORINE I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap.
CHERYL JAMES This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.
YELAWOLF![]()
Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the l...
EMMANUEL JAL![]()
I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesti...
YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first perio...
ALAN VEGA![]()
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white...
RUSSELL SIMMONS I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everythi...
NAS Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive move...
RYAN PHILLIPPE What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, th...
FLAVOR FLAV To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everythin...
DIPLO It must surprise people that I'm such a rap fan, but it's true. Sometimes, just staying in, ...
PHOEBE TONKIN![]()
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewh...
SAM KINISON Rap music is really good when you're traumatized.
KIM GORDON![]()
You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now.
FETTY WAP![]()
No, I can't do rap music!
DOLLY PARTON There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. ...
ELMER BERNSTEIN![]()
Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
YOUNG THUG I guess, like, I've always listened to rap, and I remember I specifically started listening to, ...
AWKWAFINA There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that rap music spurs violence.
JOHN NORTON I mean I'll be retired from rap, so what I'll be doin' in rap will be for fun.
TONE LOC![]()
The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even ...
CHANCE THE RAPPER It's certain rappers that can really rap, that really spit all bars, so I understand why someone...
TY DOLLA SIGN In order to be good rap music, it's expected to have violence. Kinder, gentler rap music is not cele...
EUGENE HALTON I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thi...
ICE CUBE![]()
It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap.
BLAKE LIVELY![]()
The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!
JAY-Z The L.A. rap scene is popping again because rappers stopped saying 'West Coast.' Nobody says...
SCHOOLBOY Q![]()
Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture an...
HARVEY KEITEL I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.
RANDALL PARK![]()
Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my...
EMINEM But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these ...
ICE CUBE There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your l...
BETTY WRIGHT![]()
I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.
KANYE WEST I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole differe...
FLAVOR FLAV![]()
I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to wo...
SAM KINISON There's this thing about authenticity when you rap, right? Whether or not it's real, it has ...
DAVEED DIGGS![]()
I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap.
SANDRA BULLOCK People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I'v...
JANELLE MONAE![]()
My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, ...
HARRISON FORD If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and g...
JUICY J I know a lot of people who enjoy rap music who aren't black. You can't just say it's bla...
F. GARY GRAY Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm ...
FAT JOE![]()
I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.
ACTION BRONSON![]()
I don't really listen to rap; I just like to rap.
TYLER, THE CREATOR Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
ICE CUBE I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - t...
LAURA BENANTI![]()
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.
PETER STEELE![]()
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rappin...
NINA SIMONE![]()
I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-c...
ACTION BRONSON I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.
NAS I think there could be some interest from [rap fans], ... I'm not going to take the twang out of my ...
COWBOY TROY 'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.
COOLIO![]()
I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.
ROY AYERS![]()
One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, m...
GRAHAM NASH![]()
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.
NINA SIMONE I've liked rap music for 10, 15 years,
JIM SHERIDAN As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.
DR. TONY GILES![]()
What's wrong with us isn't a rap sheet of bad deeds, but a damaged heart, a soul-sickness, t...
FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name...
WATKIN TUDOR JONES It is a coincidence that Mathangi is the Goddess of Music and the spoken word, which can be rap.
M.I.A. Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a musi...
ICE CUBE A lot of rap music can get repetitive.
BRANTLEY GILBERT I'm huge into '90s rap. It's my jam.
DANIELLE FISHEL![]()
I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. No...
BECKY G![]()
Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.
JAY-Z Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's...
CAMERON CROWE![]()
Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. Americ...
SPIKE LEE![]()
I chose to deal with the underdogs on '1 Train.' I could've got the biggest superstars i...
ASAP ROCKY I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front...
TROY CARTER![]()
Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the pi...
R. KELLY![]()
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
BETTE MIDLER I think, British food, it's had a bad rap.
APRIL BLOOMFIELD![]()
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is...
JACKIE COLLINS It's so irritating, because male rappers don't have to have a look. A guy can look like a bu...
TINK![]()
Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions.
KEITH STANFIELD Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it's futile. The reality is there's criticism...
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON![]()
Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.
KURT COBAIN Nobody's going to tell me to rap in an American accent.
ESTELLE You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta...
BRANDON FLOWERS I love rap music. I used to love that rapper from the '60s - Bob Marley.
SEN DEANNA HANNA There are times when it's absolutely appropriate to march up to someone, stick out your hand and...
CLARISSA WARD But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period an...
ALAN VEGA![]()
The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business sid...
CHANCE THE RAPPER![]()
Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.
DAVID LEE ROTH![]()
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist...
ZADIE SMITH When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the y...
K. FLAY The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and countr...
SHEENA EASTON![]()
I don't like putting a name on my music. It's not just country and rap; it's got Souther...
BIG SMO My son is a huge rap fan. My daughter is more rap/alternative/pop.
LISA MARIE PRESLEY
IRWIN THOMAS When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no ...
JACK JONES
There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on t... J. COLE If women dabble in rap but they're not rappers, to get from dabbling to doing it is really diffi...
AWKWAFINA I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sens...
EARL SWEATSHIRT
Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but som... MICHAEL FRANTI
When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're tal... SAMANTHA MORTON I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop....
KREAYSHAWN Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on...
EAZY-E
Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap ab... CHANCE THE RAPPER You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listeni...
HARMONY KORINE I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap.
CHERYL JAMES This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.
YELAWOLF
Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the l... EMMANUEL JAL
I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesti... YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first perio...
ALAN VEGA
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white... RUSSELL SIMMONS I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everythi...
NAS Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive move...
RYAN PHILLIPPE What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, th...
FLAVOR FLAV To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everythin...
DIPLO It must surprise people that I'm such a rap fan, but it's true. Sometimes, just staying in, ...
PHOEBE TONKIN
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewh... SAM KINISON Rap music is really good when you're traumatized.
KIM GORDON
You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now. FETTY WAP
No, I can't do rap music! DOLLY PARTON There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. ...
ELMER BERNSTEIN
Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it. YOUNG THUG I guess, like, I've always listened to rap, and I remember I specifically started listening to, ...
AWKWAFINA There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that rap music spurs violence.
JOHN NORTON I mean I'll be retired from rap, so what I'll be doin' in rap will be for fun.
TONE LOC
The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even ... CHANCE THE RAPPER It's certain rappers that can really rap, that really spit all bars, so I understand why someone...
TY DOLLA SIGN In order to be good rap music, it's expected to have violence. Kinder, gentler rap music is not cele...
EUGENE HALTON I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thi...
ICE CUBE
It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap. BLAKE LIVELY
The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap! JAY-Z The L.A. rap scene is popping again because rappers stopped saying 'West Coast.' Nobody says...
SCHOOLBOY Q
Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture an... HARVEY KEITEL I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.
RANDALL PARK
Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my... EMINEM But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these ...
ICE CUBE There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your l...
BETTY WRIGHT
I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in. KANYE WEST I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole differe...
FLAVOR FLAV
I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to wo... SAM KINISON There's this thing about authenticity when you rap, right? Whether or not it's real, it has ...
DAVEED DIGGS
I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap. SANDRA BULLOCK People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I'v...
JANELLE MONAE
My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, ... HARRISON FORD If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and g...
JUICY J I know a lot of people who enjoy rap music who aren't black. You can't just say it's bla...
F. GARY GRAY Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm ...
FAT JOE
I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice. ACTION BRONSON
I don't really listen to rap; I just like to rap. TYLER, THE CREATOR Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
ICE CUBE I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - t...
LAURA BENANTI
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. PETER STEELE
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rappin... NINA SIMONE
I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-c... ACTION BRONSON I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.
NAS I think there could be some interest from [rap fans], ... I'm not going to take the twang out of my ...
COWBOY TROY 'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.
COOLIO
I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. ROY AYERS
One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, m... GRAHAM NASH
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping. NINA SIMONE I've liked rap music for 10, 15 years,
JIM SHERIDAN As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.
DR. TONY GILES
What's wrong with us isn't a rap sheet of bad deeds, but a damaged heart, a soul-sickness, t... FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name...
WATKIN TUDOR JONES It is a coincidence that Mathangi is the Goddess of Music and the spoken word, which can be rap.
M.I.A. Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a musi...
ICE CUBE A lot of rap music can get repetitive.
BRANTLEY GILBERT I'm huge into '90s rap. It's my jam.
DANIELLE FISHEL
I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. No... BECKY G
Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music. JAY-Z Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's...
CAMERON CROWE
Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. Americ... SPIKE LEE
I chose to deal with the underdogs on '1 Train.' I could've got the biggest superstars i... ASAP ROCKY I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front...
TROY CARTER
Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the pi... R. KELLY
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer. BETTE MIDLER I think, British food, it's had a bad rap.
APRIL BLOOMFIELD
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is... JACKIE COLLINS It's so irritating, because male rappers don't have to have a look. A guy can look like a bu...
TINK
Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions. KEITH STANFIELD Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it's futile. The reality is there's criticism...
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock. KURT COBAIN Nobody's going to tell me to rap in an American accent.
ESTELLE You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta...
BRANDON FLOWERS I love rap music. I used to love that rapper from the '60s - Bob Marley.
SEN DEANNA HANNA There are times when it's absolutely appropriate to march up to someone, stick out your hand and...
CLARISSA WARD But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period an...
ALAN VEGA
The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business sid... CHANCE THE RAPPER
Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. DAVID LEE ROTH
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist... ZADIE SMITH When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the y...
K. FLAY The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and countr...
SHEENA EASTON
I don't like putting a name on my music. It's not just country and rap; it's got Souther... BIG SMO My son is a huge rap fan. My daughter is more rap/alternative/pop.
LISA MARIE PRESLEY
The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us th... 
When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and the... 
To borrow from the writings of a spider named Charlotte: 'Silk is terrific!' 
Some spider silks are really strong, but not all of them are. The ones that are really strong can ac... 
For me, each day begins and ends with wanting to learn a little more about the secrets of spider sil... 