I just want everybody to have fun. When I came into rap, that was my whole inspiration. That's what rap used to be about.

My parents are both definitely supportive of my career.They are both big fans of rap. They are really what influenced me.

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never, Because the dance with the devil might last you forever.

So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live.

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo, sippin' on gin an juice Lay back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.

I'm a monster, I'm a maven, I know this world is changin'. Never gave in, never gave up, I'm the only thing I'm afraid of.

We shoppers, you bloggers. If money talks, you mumblers. You try it on, then take it off, Then post a pic on your tumblrs.

I grew up listening to a lot of emo music, a lot of rock music, a lot of rap music, a lot of trap music, funk, everything.

My influences, going back through the history of rap, talk about Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe D, Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy.

My white girl Veronica, black girl Monica, Got me celebrating Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa-kah, Rocking dashikis with a yarmulke.

I'm a rap comedian the same way Bill Cosby is a jazz comedian, Cosby's laid back. I'm like, bang, bang bang, right into it.

There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing.

I want to show other girls how happy I am and how confident I am, how I still want to go to school and I still want to rap.

I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character.

A wise man sees failure as progress. A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic, And loses his soul in the process.

Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you.

I do rap and speak in Malayalam but only to save my life as my vocabulary in the language is not as good as it is in Hindi.

I just consider myself an artist. I dont really rap. I dont really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

There ain't no time to be wasted, the world is going under... Nowadays, can't tell Fall from Spring, and Winter from Summer.

Yeah, I cut class...I got a D. Cause History meant nothing to me Except a definite nap. That's why I always sat in the back.

I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.

Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich. Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists.

One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'

Do you ever think about when you outta here? Record deal and video, outta here!? Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!?

I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role ...To the faith that you'll die alone

I have good pronunciation no matter what language I speak. Maybe it’s because my specialties are rapping and imitating others

Boosie is like the Lebron James when it comes to rapping, so you know if he feels it he's going in, and he gives 100 percent.

Be a father, if not, why bother, son? A boy can make 'em, but a man can raise one. If you did it, admit it and stick with it.

My dad used to be a rapper, he had a rap group. They did proper old school, boom-bap music. He had a high top and everything.

Gimme a couple G's for every emcee I knocked to his knees. Verbally useless, 'Oh you got the juice?' I squeeze you juiceless.

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

Of course I'm funky like fat people having intercourse. Basically, the funk is stuck in your teeth...so get the dental floss.

How far must you go to gain respect? Um... Well, it's kind of simple: just remain your own. Or you'll be crazy sad and alone.

To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands.

If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste.

I gave birth to most of them MC's... So when it comes around to the month of May, Send me your royalty check for Mother's Day.

There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.

It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy.

Life can change your directions, even when you ain't planned it. All you can do is handle it, worst thing you can do is panic.

I try to keep the music fresh in my head. And I don't always listen to rap; I listen to a little bit of everything: R&B, rock.

If you wanna leave be my guest you can step Feelin' irreplaceable listening to Beyonce Well, OK, I'll put you out on your bday

I fell in love with music at 13-years-old. I wanted to be a singer at first and a drummer. Then I fell in love with rap music.

I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better straight up.

It is a blessing. When I first got wind of [Chris Rivers] taking the rap thing serious and wanting to make a career out of it.

I told her, "I got the chips if you got the dip." She said when I dip, that I better be equipped and keep my hand on her hips.

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