Welcome to the world of Rap Music Quotes, where the rhythm of words and the power of expression collide to create a mesmerizing symphony of lyrics. Rap music has long been a force of artistic expression, using its unique blend of poetry, storytelling, and rhythm to captivate audiences worldwide. Whether you’re an aspiring artist, a die-hard fan, or simply someone who appreciates the artistry of words, this page is your gateway to a collection of the most iconic, thought-provoking, and unforgettable quotes from the realm of rap music.
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In a certain way, rap music is alternative. Big Daddy Kane
I feel like I have a lot of rhythm because I’m from the DMV. Because you got so many different types of music: Baltimore Club music, Go-Go, then you got the DMV rap music scene, then you got the DMV R&B music scene. It’s a lot of music and it’s a lot of taste that caters to most. Rico Nasty
I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat. Ice Cube
Elvis Presley was rock ‘n’ roll, I thought that was pretty mediocre. But since that time, the succeeding steps in music has been down, just more degradation. Then we got into punk rock, and now we are into rap music, which is a total oxymoron. Frank Sinatra Jr.
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. Lil Peep
I’ll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good music. I’m not trying to section myself off into just making hard-core rap music. Jay-Z
By some estimates, 80% of rap music is bought by white youth. And this makes for another irony. The blooming of white alienation has brought us the first generation of black entrepreneurs with wide-open access to the American mainstream. Shelby Steele
Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That’s an important part of being a successful musician. It’s a good thing, I guess. Ezra Koenig
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot. Jackie Collins
I’ve always been a fan of rap music. Lonzo Ball
I really love rap music. I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J – I’m a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships. Mayer Hawthorne
I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I’m white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them. Kid Rock
We went through rock ‘n’ roll, which then became just rock, then punk rock, then the worst disease of all – rap music. It’s an oxymoron, because rap is not music. Frank Sinatra Jr.
I have been skeptical, sometimes, about the importance of rap music, which I think is a capitalistic project to make money. Raoul Peck
But I feel like I developed my own love for hip-hop and rap music by myself. Just growing up and hearing new things. As you grow up, you begin to listen to new music that this kid is listening to, then you begin to like your own music, and start discovering it yourself. Murda Beatz
Rap music was a savior to me. Jason Reynolds
When people say to me, ‘What do you think of rap music?’, my answer is, ‘There’s no such thing. There’s rap, and there’s music.’ Jack Jones
Rap music was and is, for me, everything. Jason Reynolds
I’ve never been a rap guy, I don’t really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music. Flume
I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it’s all about a whole different angle… Rappers are going against each other, and it’s more of a bragging, boasting thing. Flavor Flav
I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music. Fetty Wap
Look at Pusha-T. He makes a certain type of rap music. ‘Daytona’ is that on the highest level. Nipsey Hussle
I feel like when it comes to rap – like, real rap music – and knowing the pioneers of rap, I feel like there’s no competition for me in the NBA. Other guys can rap, but they’re not as invested or as deep into actual music as I am and always have been. I think that might be what the difference is. I’m more wanting to be an artist. Damian Lillard
There is rap music in all my films. In ‘La Vie des Morts,’ there is rap music too. It’s because I’m French, and when it appeared in 1978, it was so new, it set off my musical imagination. Arnaud Desplechin
I appreciate how central religion is in the lives other people, but it has never resonated with me. I imagine this is how lots of people feel about things I love, like rap music or, it turns out, sports. Josh Gondelman
Rap music is amazing, it’s beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics – that’s the problem. Emmanuel Jal
For me, I like old-school rap music. There was a time when music was so, so rich overall, and the content of what people talked about was so deep on every level, song-for-song, pound-for-pound, and on radio, there was so much content. I gravitate more towards that type of music, to be honest. Ciara
To me, the whole thing with the roots of rap music was when the DJ had to supply all the music for the group with two turntables. And the whole criteria of what that DJ would use had nothing to do with what type of band made a record. Mike D
Personally more so than shock, I think, rap music has to be born of rebellion. El-P
In high school I had a boyfriend who was super into rap, so I was into Too $hort and Wu-Tang for a little while. And my best friend’s older brother would sometimes drive us home in this pimped-out truck, and he’d play all his dirty rap music. We thought we were really cool. Kirsten Dunst
I love the playfulness and braggadocio that accompanies a ton of rap music – that’s basically what makes up the foundation for most rappers. But there is nothing ‘weirder’ to me than someone who has never doubted themselves. Aesop Rock
It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny. Earl Sweatshirt
I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art. KRS-One
I don’t know if I’ll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, ‘I am going to just find the medium that’s best for this idea and master it and do that.’ Tavi Gevinson
I am obsessed with rap music – it’s such a big part of my life. Randall Park
I don’t own a gun. I’m a pacifist. I am a critic of commercial gangsta rap music. I don’t believe you change people or their flawed perspectives from a distance. You open their minds from up close, when they realize you respect and love them. Jason Whitlock
I’ve always been a fan of music. I listened to a whole lot of oldies – I never really listened to rap music that much. O. T. Genasis
Rap music is really good when you’re traumatized. Kim Gordon
Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it’s a lot of rap music. Colin Kaepernick
When I started listening to rap music, I loved the fact that there were stories being told in 16 bars. Badshah
My mother was a – she worked at a halfway house. And one of the former inmates slid me a mix-tape full of different hip-hop songs. And so that was my first kind of experience with rap music. Lecrae
I started listening to rap music in 2012 or something, because that was when I started becoming friends with American people, and they showed me rappers to listen to. I actually started listening to Macklemore a lot. He’s the first rapper I started listening to. Rich Brian
If you make modern rap music, how do you write without ripping off anyone else? It’s just about having a distinct voice in your songs. Ludwig Goransson
Sometimes I listen to rap music, sometimes reggeaton sometimes African music. Really depends on the mood that I’m in. Serge Gnabry
The whole world has changed much since the ’80’s. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn’t the case in the early ’80’s. Sheena Easton
I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah. I’ve heard that so much, growing up in a house with poetry. But I think people like to use that as a shortcut for who’s good and who’s not. It’s like the word ‘lyrical’ – ‘lyrical’ is the worst word in the entire world. Earl Sweatshirt
I care most about what rappers think about me as a rapper, and I’ve gotten a lot of praise. I think rappers understand I’m a really good rapper, and that means more to me than a random person, you know, ’cause they know what goes into making rap music. Lil Dicky
My girlfriend is rap. Music and albums and records and my kids. Mystikal
I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it’s been something I was saying for a long time. Chance The Rapper
I don’t only like rap music. There’s everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop… everything! But it all blends together nicely. It’s like a magical music rainbow. Kreayshawn
Champagne Jerry records are definitely, in one way, on the very far end of the weird spectrum of rap music, then, in another way, very far on the weird punk spectrum. Ad-Rock
Violence is a part of America. I don’t want to single out rap music. Let’s be honest. America’s the most violent country in the history of the world, that’s just the way it is. We’re all affected by it. Spike Lee
It must surprise people that I’m such a rap fan, but it’s true. Sometimes, just staying in, putting on some rap music, and letting loose is all I need to have a good time. Phoebe Tonkin
To be honest, my whole life I’ve always been listening to rap music or reggae. Spencer Pratt
I can’t listen to rap music; it’s not my thing. They say that they’re the modern poets: of course they are, but it’s not for me. Bradley Walsh
I like all types of music. Even though rap music is 80 percent of what I listen to, it’s not the only thing I listen to. Jaden Smith
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down – I just don’t like it. And I know somewhere there’s gotta be another guy like that. There’s gotta be a guy just like that – just like me. There’s gotta be somebody, somewhere… Maybe, maybe an assassin type. Sam Kinison
I’m really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn’t grow up freestyling. Billy Idol
I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music… I love big, American pop music. Florence Welch
Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it’s futile. The reality is there’s criticism for everything, but Jay-Z is one of the most remarkable artists of our time of any genre, and as a hip-hop artist he carries the weight of that art form with such splendor and grace and genius. Michael Eric Dyson
Before I even started listening to rap music, I was really into metal and punk. Machine Gun Kelly
What’s more American than young people speaking their mind over things they had to create over pots and pans and electronically because music was taken out of schools? What’s more American than making something out of nothing? What’s more gospel than rap music? Killer Mike
There was this hip-hop collective called People Crew. And at the time in Korea, there was no real place to access rap music. So People Crew used to host this summer school program, which taught rapping and dancing. I begged my mom to attend that school to learn how to rap. G-Dragon
Rap music deserves truth, and it deserves spontaneity. El-P
I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping. Nina Simone
But with rap music – not just N.W.A. – but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time. Ice Cube
Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. Eminem
When rap music needed to have a teacher, I became it. KRS-One
A lot of rap music can get repetitive. Brantley Gilbert
I grew up listening to a lot of rap music. My dad’s a DJ from Brooklyn, and he’s a very soulful guy, so he always spun a lot of hip-hop, and that’s where I get a lot of my hip-hop influence. Chanel West Coast
I listen to some rap music. I’m from the Bahamas so I like reggae as well. And then I slow it down with a little Frank Sinatra. Myron Rolle
With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there’s no reason to pretend the NBA has been handicapped by the blackness of basketball. Jason Whitlock
When you’ve been raised in care, rap music isn’t just about guns and sexism. They’re talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It’s not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that. Samantha Morton
I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that’s the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say. Yusef Komunyakaa
Listening to all these different musical genres from all over the world and listening to my father’s record collection, the Irish folk influences from home. Of course they’re all in there somewhere hiding within the lyrics and melodies. But rap music was the biggest influence on my way of writing and my performing. Lukas Forchhammer
I know a lot of people who enjoy rap music who aren’t black. You can’t just say it’s black music. To segregate films the way Hollywood likes to segregate films, ultimately everyone loses. F. Gary Gray
I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap music and hip-hop as a culture. You know, having the shoes, using the words, buying the magazines, seeing the videos. And I had nobody to share it with, so I feel like I lived a lot online. Iggy Azalea
When I was 20, I was the hustler – rubbing my temples, stressed, trying to get out the streets, trying to take my life to another side of the game with something I really loved to do: rap music. E-40
Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new. Aesop Rock
I’m fascinated with the regionality of rap music. Daveed Diggs
No, I can’t do rap music! Dolly Parton
I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it’s all so quick, I don’t even think about it. And I’ve never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music. Harmony Korine
In India we are creating mainstream hip hop music, than what real rap music is. The lyrics aren’t that personal, since most of the music is catering to Bollywood. It’s just trivial. It’s a fashion here. Badshah
When people say to me ‘what do you think of rap music?’ my answer is there’s no such thing. There’s rap and there’s music. Irwin Thomas
To me, rap music is bigger than who’s the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It’s everything about your personality. Diplo
By the late ’80s, I was already giving up on rap music. Chuck Eddy
I have crazy, different influences in my songs. I want rap music, I want Congolese rumba, I want salsa, I want dance music, I want hip-hop music, all mixed into one! Stromae
I think it’s a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn’t seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that’s ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations. Saul Williams
What I’m trying to do is put back into rap music what’s missing – which is the good part, the fun part, that party part. Flavor Flav
Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock. Kurt Cobain
My brother’s been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years. Tina Yothers
I don’t even really like rap music. Angel Haze
Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you’re always going to find a hip-hop tape; that’s all I buy, that’s all I live, that’s all I listen to, that’s all I love. Eminem
I was a Southern California boy raised on rap music and cussed like a sailor. Gabe Kapler
Serious rap music puts me to sleep. Lil Yachty
In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous. Archie Shepp
Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it’s very hard to teach racism to a teenager who’s listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It’s hard to say, ‘That guy is less than you.’ The kid is like, ‘I like that guy, he’s cool. How is he less than me? Jay-Z
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely. Nas
I love rap music. Chumlee
I think most music provides the same messages – whether it be ‘I’m unhappy’ or ‘I love a girl.’ I just liked the package of rap music. Iggy Azalea