Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tupac Shakur

My only fear of death is reincarnation

Tupac Shakur

And now i'm like a major threat, 'Cause I remind you of the things you were made to forget.

Tupac Shakur

You reached your level, you don't want any more. We asked ten years ago, we were askin' with the Panthers, we were askin' in the Civil Rights Movement. Now those who were askin' are all dead or in jail, wo what are we gonna do? And we shouldn't be angry!?

Will Smith

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

Wale

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

Puff Daddy

Lil Wayne is definitely the greatest youngest rapper alive.

Queen Latifah

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like I could do a lot of different things.

Queen Latifah

To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.

Queen Latifah

As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to be a rapper. So, to step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make.

Vanilla Ice

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

Talib Kweli

Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.

Talib Kweli

I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people aren't into me because of the content, because of the lyrics. Because there's a million of rappers who have great content.

Talib Kweli

Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best. So before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.

Talib Kweli

People didn't really take white rappers seriously until Eminem, because he was better than everybody. Like female emcees, you need to be like Lauryn Hill or Nicki Minaj or killing everything before somebody takes you seriously.

Stevie Wonder

Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.

Tinie Tempah

I was like 14 and decided I wanted to be a rapper, so I needed a hip rapper name. I was with one of my friends in class and literally went through a thesaurus. I saw "temper" and thought, "I like this, but it's too much." My friend was like, "What about Tinie for tiny," and that was that.

Tinie Tempah

When I got a little older I was obsessed Lil Wayne. But then it was just as many British rappers - Dizzee Rascal I would always listen to.

Rick Ross

Nah, that's not true.

Will Ferrell

I was one of the richest rappers in 2008. But it was definitely a strange feeling.

Wiz Khalifa

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

Wiz Khalifa

We Know that World's best rapper is Eminem and He is White

Young Jeezy

As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.

Young Jeezy

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

Young Jeezy

I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.

Yoko Ono

John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet.

Yelawolf

It's hard being a white rapper sometimes! When that happens you just need to battle through.

Yelawolf

Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.