Rapper Quotes - Page 11

• Let the music diffuse all the tension.

  Nas

  Inspirational, Music, Stress

  Song: Made You Look, Album: God's Son, 2002

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• But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to beat me. They're going to come 100 percent, so if I dont be 100 percent pure-hearted, I'm going to lose. And thats why I'm losing.

  Tupac Shakur

  Evil, Losing, Beats

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• 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

  Basketball, Dream, Kids

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• If we're all saying that rap is an art form then we gotta be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you're saying, it don't matter that you didn't make them die, it just matters that you didn't save them.

  Tupac Shakur

  Art, Rap, Dying

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• The biggest terrorist is Obama.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Terrorist

  "Bill O'Reilly Confronts Rapper Lupe Fiasco Over Calling Obama a 'Terrorist'". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. June 20, 2011.

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• Wu-Tang is for the children.

  Ol' Dirty Bastard

  Children

  "Wu-Tang's O.D.B. Bumrushes Grammy Podium". Ol' Dirty Bastard's speech at a Grammy Award, www.mtv.com. February 25, 1998.

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• We be sticking pill up girl's booty, too!

  Lil Boosie

  Girl, Booty, Pills

  "The 20 Funniest Things Rappers Have Ever Said (Not In a Rap Song)" by Brian Brooks, Nicholas Sella, www.complex.com. October 27, 2013.

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• It doesn't sound anything like 'Under Pressure.'

  Vanilla Ice

  Sound, Pressure, Under Pressure

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• He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Rap, Hip Hop, May

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• I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male rapper.

  Nicki Minaj

  Rap, Average, Creative

  "Nicki Minaj Talks About Being an Openly Bisexual Rapper, Being a Role Model to Young Girls and More…". Gossip On This Interview, gossiponthis.com. April 19, 2010.

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• Questions for the lord, why he don't like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse.

  Tupac Shakur

  Soul, Lord, Don't Like Me

  Song: 2Pac + Outlawz---High Speed

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• Jay-Z's my favorite rapper, but why can't I aspire to be better than him?

  Wale

  My Favorite, Aspire

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• White man makes guns? No problem. Black rapper says "gun"? Congressional hearing.

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Gun, Men

  "'It's the White BET Awards!' Chris Rock's funniest jokes ahead of his Oscars hosting stint". www.mirror.co.uk. February 28, 2016.

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• Lil Wayne, I ain't mad at him man, he did his thing, he stepped up his lyrical game, he the most improved rapper out of anybody. I've seen him from childhood status to what he's doing right now. He stepped up his rap game, so he deserves the success he had. And no one else was even doing near what he was doing, so I applaud him too.

  DJ Premier

  Rap, Men, Mad

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• There ain't nothin' like a Black woman.

  Tupac Shakur

  Black, Black Women

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• I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.

  Angel Haze

  School, Female, Obsessed

  " Angel Haze: 'Right now, no one can beat me'" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2012.

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• I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.

  Young Jeezy

  Know How, Knows

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• 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

  Rap, Actors, Done

  Source: collider.com

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• To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.

  Snoop Dogg

  Real, Nice, Player

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rap, Gangsta, People

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• I remember crying all the time. My major thing growing up was I couldn't fit in. Because I was from everywhere, I didn't have no buddies that I grew up with...Every time I had to go to a new apartment, I had to reinvent myself, myself. People think just because you born in the ghetto you gonna fit in. A little twist in your life and you don't fit in no matter what. If they push you out of the hood and the White people's world, that's criminal...Hell, I felt like my could be destroyed at any moment.

  Tupac Shakur

  Growing Up, Ghetto, Thinking

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• When I was young what made me really want to be a rapper was when I saw MC Lyte.

  Rapsody

  Want, Saws, Made

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• I want to be great at what I do. I don't want to be just an average rapper.

  Rapsody

  Average, Want

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• I feel bad [about Lil Wayne going to jail], because I don't think anything like this has happened in music since Elvis got drafted into the Army. Let's just keep it real - Lil Wayne is not just the biggest rapper, Lil Wayne is the biggest pop star right now. Maybe Susan Boyle is on his level. But when you talk about music, nice times out of ten, Lil Wayne's name is gonna come into the conversation.

  Bun B

  Stars, Real, Nice

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• There are so many rappers now that it's cluttering our culture. 90% of the time at a show there are more artists in the crowd than there are fans - it's too much. Too many people try to give you CD's.

  Statik Selektah

  Artist, Cds, People

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