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Kendrick Lamar deserves a Grammy. He's one of the biggest, most influential rappers of my generation.
I actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.
Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them.
If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do.
I notice, a lot of white rappers sometimes, they'll feel like they have to be, like, almost aggressive.
You can't even tell, but a lot of the time your favourite rappers are wearing a bunch of fake jewellery.
You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy.
I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.
There's a lot of other rappers that aren't what they claim to be, and they get a pass because they're black.
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 think a lot of rappers limit themselves by doing the gangster movies and that's stereotypical for a rapper.
The artists with lyrical content and who say something seem to outlast the fad rappers - I always noticed that.
I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids.
I listen to what people say in the songs, not just the melodies. With rappers you gotta listen to what they say.
My favorite rappers are a lot of other people's favorite rappers. I love Jay Z, Kanye, 2Pac, Biggie, old Mos Def.
I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.
Big Sean is one of the dopest rappers, of my lifetime for sure. Like, Big Sean is one of the best rappers. Period.
Why still be pretty and all that when there's so many girly female rappers already? You can be a rock star instead.
For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.
I am not anyone's brother, and I only have one younger sister. I don't consider my counterpart rappers as my brothers.
If women dabble in rap but they're not rappers, to get from dabbling to doing it is really difficult, confidence-wise.
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.
Rappers have traditionally put products in songs, and it's been products that don't put anything back into our community.
If you look back, you get stuck in a year. I've seen rappers and singers get stuck in 2002 or 2005, and they can't get out.
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 always argue with a lot of people. They ask me for my top rappers, and he's always on my list. I mean, the GZA inspired me.
I believe there are talented female rappers out there that aren't one-dimensional. It's OK to be one-dimensional, by the way.
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.
Rappers are definitely role models and definitely should get involved. They're involved in politics whether they like it or not.
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.
A lot of rappers think they better than me because they saw me broke, going in and out of studios, and couldn't pay for studio time.
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.
When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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.
I just love working with Eminem. He's just one of my favorite rappers, and his lyrics - he's a true poet, and I enjoy that about him.
Alex Tumay is a recording engineer who works a lot with Young Thug and a load of other rappers, like Quavo. I'm just a fan of his work.
I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
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?'
Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.
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.
I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.
I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam'ron. Jim Jones. Hurricane Chris.
I think that's what most of us rappers do too often. We put too much information in some of our albums that could actually be on the next ones.
People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are doin' in their lives.
Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of 'the dozens.'
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.
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.
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.
Even in a lot of hip-hop music, they tell you don't give your heart to a woman. But many of the most successful rappers are head-over-heels in love.