[in acknowledgment of his similarity to today`s gangsta rappers]: I wouldn`t let anybody influence me into thinking I was doing the wrong thing by singing about death, hell and drugs. Beause I`ve always done that, and I always will.
Johnny Cash
[on his feuds with many of his fellow rappers, such as Nas, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Shyne, The Game, Ja Rule, Sheek Louch and Styles P., among others] If they keep comin` at me, I`ll just keep responding back until they don`t exist anymore. I got the time and ...
50 Cent
I would never fucking put them in a rhyme. I don`t even want them wondering if I was trying to diss them. I got a lot of love for them. I grew up on that shit. The other rappers, whatever. --On the Beastie Boys.
Eminem
There`s a lot more we can do as artists, ... but I`m really, really proud of the rappers who have stepped up to help. I can honestly say that we`ve concentrated so much on helping because it`s in our hearts and it`s the right thing to do.
David Banner
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 would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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
All those rappers, they`re the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.
Bryan Ferry
[But when the infectious beat of reggaetón, which is derived from Jamaican dancehall and other Afro-Caribbean beats, became popular on the Spanish-speaking island, many local rappers abandoned standard hip-hop breakbeats.] Latinos are children of la rumb...
Daddy Yankee