Rap Quotes
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I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.
Christina Ricci -
Nobody's going to tell me to rap in an American accent.
Estelle
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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 Oasis -
I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.
Osric Chau -
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 -
As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.
Ja Rule -
I'd dropped out of high school without really doing it on purpose - I'd just go home at lunch 'cos I didn't have friends, then stay there all afternoon listening to rap. It got to the point where I wouldn't have passed even if I'd gone back. I was depressed, basically.
Iggy Azalea -
You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't know if I want to be that guy.
Drake
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I think Bhutanese food - long dissed by every food writer out there - has gotten a bum rap.
Hanya Yanagihara -
In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun of myself, since I'm not technically a rapper, whatever that means.
Beck -
You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.
Ice T -
Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons.
Ka -
I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from.
Micheal Ray Stevenson
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I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.
Francesca Annis -
I love rap, and I try to write a bit like a rapper, to have a flow.
Jess Glynne -
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 -
Single guys get a bad rap.
David Spade -
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer.
Emmanuel Jal
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Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.
David Foster Wallace -
I started rapping since, like, 14. But I've been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard 'Baby Don't Cry,' I'll never forget.
Iggy Azalea -
I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
Vanilla Ice -
With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap.
Justin Scott