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Rappers are separated. -- Rakim
Rappers should be forced to rhyme in their acceptance speeches. -- Doug Benson
Rappers are in danger Who will use wits to be a remainder? -- O.C.
Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing. -- Trick Daddy
Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people. -- KRS-One
Rappers shouldn't have to file taxes because they itemize everything they own in songs. -- Damien Fahey
Rappers act so wild, and love to profile, Frontin' hard, but ain't got no style. -- Big Daddy Kane
Rappers kinda look stupid sometimes. Most of the time. I'm pretty sure I look stupid too a lot. -- Vince Staples
Rappers are emotional. Critics be reviewin me. But I got love for everybody even if you're suin me. -- Drake
Rappers can't sleep, need sleepin', B.I.G. keep creepin', Bullets heat-seekin', Casualties need treatin', Dumb rappers need teachin'. -- The Notorious B.I.G.
Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them. -- Chuck D
Rappers on their sophomores...actin' like they boss lords. Fame's such a funny thing for sure when niggas start believing all those encores. -- Pusha T
For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true! -- Lauryn Hill
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. -- Drake
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. -- Nelly
My record label always says you shouldn't talk about money because it makes people extremely uncomfortable. Refugees can't talk about money. Rappers can talk about money; refugees can't talk about money. -- M.I.A.
I have a Rolex, but no diamonds. Rappers wear diamonds to compensate for a lack of fashion sense. I don't even have pierced ears - I'm not into that; it's too much. -- ASAP Rocky
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
The attitudes of many police organizations were extremely negative to the prospect of Rap, and many officials weren't afraid to say that they were against it. To them, Rappers were just criminals waiting to get caught. -- Assata Shakur
Rappers hate each other, not the labels that got rich, Don't care about culture, they only want profit. If your album sell slow, bet you'll get dropped quick; Q-Tip warned us: the industry's toxic. For reference, check out BDP's Sex and Violence. -- Cormega
I am passionate about music and my work to the bottom of my very soul, but I also very much enjoy good clothes and some of the finer things in life. Rappers do, too, and perhaps it's one of the reasons I've been welcomed so warmly into their world. -- Clive Davis
It is crucial that rappers have the chance to express the truth that is in their heart. -- Russell Simmons
For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them. -- Ice Cube
I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all. -- Tyler, The Creator
Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears all the rappers, they're doing my dances and they're making billions doing my dances. When they do that little thing they do with their hands that's The Fly and The Pony. -- Chubby Checker
I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't get, because... you know... I don't have the tattoos; I have a different image. -- Drake
I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.' -- Wiz Khalifa
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence. -- Saul Williams
I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player. -- J. Cole
DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us. -- Nas
I'm not saying that hip-hop needs gay rappers or anything, but they need to stop being so close-minded because that will just cause the genre to fail. Look at pop. Pop doesn't discriminate against people. Look at Lady Gaga, y'know what I mean? -- ASAP Rocky
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes, but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things. -- J. Cole
You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough. -- Eminem
I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's all that matters.' But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening. -- J. Cole
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug. -- Russell Simmons
I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me. -- Noel Gallagher
You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him. He remains connected to the people that he meets. That's the kind of guy he is, be they criminals, gangster rappers, mafia guys, art thieves, whoever it is, he nurtures those relationships. -- Nathan Fillion
I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. 'Fly Me to the Moon' was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. I'm the only one. -- Quincy Jones
I've been around a long time, and when I was at the top of the hill, I was very ahead of my time! Evidence of that is that my music is still current today - you know, rappers sample it all the time. So, rather than compromise my artistic integrity, I concentrated on movies. -- Isaac Hayes
However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously. -- Wale
With 'Hip-Hop Saved My Life,' I attempted to make 'Kick, Push,' but for rappers. To give a real basic play-by-play of the life of a rapper before he makes it - if he ever makes it, because you can get stuck in that and be trying to make it for the rest of your life. -- Lupe Fiasco
A lot of rappers say 'I'm talking about stuff that goes on, what I grew up in, that I know about.' And these journalists say, 'Yeah, but you're making 80 million dollars, that stuff's not about you.' Look how long he's been making 80 million. He grew up poor in an urban city and the things he's experienced and knows. -- Stuart Scott
There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes. -- Heavy D
We rappers are role models. -- Kanye West
Dogs live longer than rappers. -- Nas
Classical slap-stick rappers need Chapstick. -- Daniel Dumile
All rappers are princesses like me. -- Earl Sweatshirt
I relieve rappers just like Tylenol -- Big Daddy Kane
Bloggers are people too you rappers! -- Hoodie Allen
I don't even like New York rappers. -- ASAP Rocky
Whatever rappers wear is cool to people. -- French Montana
These other rappers getting bodied and carried away. -- Drake
All the lyrical rappers I know is broke, -- French Montana
Gangsta rappers can't fight, so they rap about guns. -- Sean Price
The best rappers I know are, like, air-conditioner men. -- Action Bronson
My favorite rappers are Lil Wayne. I like Wayne. -- Future
If anybody can make a change it's the rappers. -- Rakim
I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. -- Meek Mill
I am the beast, Feed me rappers or feed me beats -- Lil Wayne
I think more people want to be rappers than anything else. -- Nas
Soap opera rappers, all these niggas sound like 'All My Children'. -- Drake
Don't respect a lot of rappers, feel I had a harder life -- Kevin Gates
I'm gonna be real - there's no female rappers in the game. -- SpaceGhostPurrp
You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers. -- Dan Auerbach
I hate doing features because rappers take forever to get you their verses. -- JD Era
Oh, southern rappers... so hard to write a rhyme when you only know 30 words. -- Daniel Tosh
There's so many gay rappers... They probably dis me cause I'm the straight one. -- Chino XL
Most rappers these days is actors, And I can't keep watching the same movie. -- Mick Jenkins
Hopefully the rappers can start to open the eyes in the neighborhoods and communities. -- Rakim
Us as rappers underestimate the power and effects that we have on these kids -- Macklemore
All these rappers on stage and Martha Stewart has done the most jail time. -- Natasha Leggero
There's so many wack rappers out here, I don't know where to aim at. -- Kirk Jones
When I started emceein', you had 500 maybe 1000 rappers in the whole world. Now there's 1.000.000, nahmean? -- RZA
As a kid, I loved storytelling, and I liked the way rappers would paint pictures. -- Jensen Karp
I was one of the richest rappers in 2008. But it was definitely a strange feeling. -- Will Ferrell
Icelandic peoples were the ones who memorized sagas... We were the first rappers of Europe. -- Bjork
Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft? They corny ass raps be makin me doze off. -- KRS-One
When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers. -- Ice T
To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it. -- Queen Latifah
When rappers call each other son it leads me to believe they don't take fatherhood very seriously. -- Dov Davidoff
I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion. -- Queen Latifah
I get attention like a Lexus, girls wanna sex this Play rappers like Tetris...eat em like breakfast. -- Lord Finesse
The employees of the year, yeah we back to work. I took time off, while other rappers got jerked. -- Erick Sermon
While I made a splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself: how long does famous last? -- G-Eazy
If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do. -- Luther Campbell
These broke rappers always rappin bout a pink truck. I'm only happy when I'm hoppin out the Brinks truck. -- Nicki Minaj
White people set goals, rappers 'chase paper', and the Chinese are too busy doing both to talk about either one. -- Dov Davidoff
I've been on the songs of all these rappers that put out an album, and my music is still better. -- Future
Most rappers taste level ain't at my waist level. Turn up the bass 'til it's up in your face level. -- Kanye West
What's the basis when rappers don't know the basics? Still not takin' advice from those I wouldn't trade places with. -- Skeme
When I'm writing for rappers it's kinda like switching, "Okay, you're not PJ. Now you have to act like a rapper." -- PJ Harvey
I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify." -- Kareem Abdul Jabbar
I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them. -- Donald Glover
I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers. -- ASAP Rocky
What if Eminem was black? would he have sold five mil. Or would he be 1 out of 5 million rappers with no deal? -- Fredro Starr
I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act. -- Craig Brewer
So please take a seat if you really can't stand it, got success in my pocket and these rappers in a panic -- Drake
I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids. -- Katy Perry
You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers. -- Chris Rock
There is only a relationship between music and sports because all athletes want to be rappers and all rappers want to be athletes. -- Dwyane Wade
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And theyll tell you if you ask. -- Isaac Hayes
Why can't rappers just say nice things? Like I wanna take your clothes off and hang them up in the closet real nice. -- Ellen DeGeneres
When white people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're homeless, when black people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're called rappers -- Carlos Mencia
I've been around a lot longer than most rappers stay around. So I don't feel like, I haven't made too many career mistakes. -- Ice Cube
Rich people are so eccentric, and I don't think people really realize. Especially by the turn of the century, they were living like rappers. -- Riki Lindhome
It's no coincidence that all the greatest rappers - whoever you put in your top five - I guarantee you they are great storytellers. -- J. Cole
Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under. -- Russell Simmons
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. -- Ginuwine
I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money. -- Dennis Rodman
I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him? -- Suge Knight
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. -- Nils Parker
Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys. -- Angel Haze
Another thing rappers, I admire your rebellious spirit, but materialism is a form of mental slavery. Slow down on the jewelry, pick up a book. -- Dov Davidoff
The first rappers I ever got into were Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and Nas. Those are the guys. Those are the dudes that flipped my wig. -- Action Bronson
A lot of people are burning' C.D.'s. There are a lot of people burnin' peoples stuff, and that hurts a lot of rappers. -- Lil Boosie
All these Lil' rappers, I'm just kind of getting real irritated by it. I said, 'You know what? Drop the Lil'. Forget it. I'm Bow Wow. -- Bow Wow
I'm serious; I don't, I don't rap. I flow; I'm a flow-er. You've got rappers, you got MCs, and then you got flow-ers, I'm a flow-er. -- Method Man
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. -- Shwayze
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. -- Rodney King

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