Life is a b*tch depending how you dress her.
When you a young kid at that age at that time, and you know that you got talent as far as hip hop, you wanna be on the radio, that's the first thing. So we was more or less infatuated with just havin' a song on the radio, you know? Before our careers even launched it was more or less about lettin' everybody know, 'Staten Island? You got good emcees there. '
It's odd to see a black person painting his nails in Miami, especially in the hip-hop community.
I'm on the radio because I love hip-hop. I represent that community, but there are so many other aspects to who I am as a person.
Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture.
You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you. . . make it sound fly to you.
There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.
I've been a hip hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go.
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor. MC's be out like bank robbers, Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor; DJ. . . the getaway driver.
I may be able to concentrate on a move, but it may not look exactly how I need it to look like, as far as in the ballroom world. Hip-hop is different; it is a lot more flowy with ballroom.
Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.
When I was growing up, hip-hop music existed as American thing. If you listened to it you were listening to an American subculture, whereas now you're just listening to pop music that everyone shares. I think that's big.
Been there, done that Sold crack, got jacked Got shot, came back Jumped on Dre's back!
Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice: It has to do with lots of lovin', and it ain't nuttin' nice.
And y'all scared I can tell That I'mma get Bucks like Milwaukee, cause like Sam, I ca' sell.
Friends: how many have 'em? How long before they split like atoms? Don't ask me, but what I do stand behind Is someone havin' your back seems hard to find.
R. I. P. (Rest in pussy).
Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.
These soliloquies explain our people's lack of stability You keepin it real, but ain't got a clue what reality really be See the diameter of your knowledge Is the circumference of your activity
There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.