Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It gave our slang a certain elegance.
I always paid attention to Lil Wayne - close attention. He's my idol. He's still my idol.
People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music.
Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.
Rhyme is cool again. It's because of hip-hop. Bless you, hip-hop.
I appreciate Drake's music, I appreciate Future's music, I appreciate Lil Durk's music. I appreciate Uzi, Meek Mill, I appreciate Migos.
Mike Tyson and Kool G Rap had lisps - lisps always been cool!
Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously talented.
I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would.
B.G. was just like his lyrics.
I have been skeptical, sometimes, about the importance of rap music, which I think is a capitalistic project to make money.
Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.
I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now.
Without me, rap is just a bunch of orphans.
When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down.
I'm really into, like, characters - music characters like Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain - just, like, how they are and stuff. Like Lil Wayne.
People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.
I'm the greatest game-spitter of all time. I talk about the swell, the block, the 'hood. I'm a street commentator. I narrate how people live. That's E-40.
Those folks at Death Row were the Rolling Stones of their time.
I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?
My biggest moments have been in Philly - I met Jay-Z and Beyonce in Philly, I did the Powerhouse in Philly.
I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a weird way, that's how I first learned the American accent: doing American rap songs.
Honestly, a lot of pop records have beatboxing. Timbaland beatboxes on his tracks. Justin Timberlake beatboxes.
I feel like I can make records where, you know, I can get in the alley and exchange bars with Styles P, but I can also get in the studio and create a classic with Rihanna.
