1. “I’m a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!” ― Jay-Z
2. “My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.” ― Kendrick Lamar
3. “Every day is new. It’s just a new day. I look at six hours at a time.” ― Wiz Khalifa
4. “Take the first chance that you get, because you may never get another one.” ― Lil Wayne
5. “Even though you’re fed up, you got to keep ya head up.”–2Pac, Keep Ya Head Up
6. “You’ve got to realize that the world’s a test, you can only do your best and let Him do the rest. You’ve got your life, and got your health, so quit procrastinating and push it yourself.” ― Cee-Lo
7. “I love country music, but I also love gangster rap.” ― Anderson East
8. “Everyday is a new opportunity to reach that goal.” ― Rick Ross
9. “Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.” ― Rick Ross
10. “Last night I saw you in my dreams, now I can’t wait to go to sleep.” ― Kanye West
11. “I am happy’. That’s just the saddest lie.” ― Kid Cudi
12. “Cause whatever you love can be taken away, so live like it’s your dying day.” ― Machine Gun Kelly
13. “You gotta be able to smile through the bullshit.” ― Tupac
14. My girlfriend is rap. Music and albums and records and my kids.” ― Mystikal
15. “People will love you and support you when it’s beneficial.” ― Nicki Minaj
16. “I’d shoot for the moon but I’m too busy gazing at stars.” ― Eminem
17. “For every dark night, there’s a brighter day.” ― Tupac
18. “People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.” ― Eminem
19. “You could name practically any problem in the hood and there’d be a rap song for you.” ― Jay-Z, Decoded
20. “I’ve done a lot of work to get where I’m at, but I have to keep working.” ― Wiz Khalifa
21. “No law’s gonna change us, we have to change us.” ― Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
22. “When you see them be successful, however small, you say to yourself, wow. And everything becomes possible. Never denigrate, to say we will not succeed.” ― Young Thug
23. “Life is a wheel of fortune and it’s my turn to spin it.” ― Tupac
24. “Every saint got a past; every sinner got a future. Every loser gotta win, and every winner gotta lose someday.” ― J Cole
25. “Without order, nothing exists. Without chaos, nothing evolves.” ― Jedi Mind Tricks
26. Although rap is about boasting, it’s also about honesty and expressing your emotions.” ― Keith Stanfield
27. “If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.” ― Eminem
28. “Living life is a choice. Making a difference in someone else’s isn’t.” ― Kid Cudi
29. “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man!” ― Jay-Z
30. “Never become so involved with something that it blinds you. Never forget where you from; someone will remind you.” ― DMX, It’s On
31. “Next time you see a brother down, stop and pick him up, cause you might be the next one stuck.” ― Grand Puba
32. “I encourage everyone to pay attention to the issues that matter to you, from jobs and the economy, to education and our schools, to criminal justice reform. Whatever it is that you care about, make sure you use your voice.” ― 2 Chainz
33. “You know it’s funny when it rains it pours. They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor – 2Pac
34. “I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.” ― Kanye West
35. “Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.” ― Kurt Cobain
36. “It’s bad poetry executed by people that can’t sing. That’s my definition of Rap.” ― Peter Steele
37. “The purpose of life is a life with a purpose. So, I’d rather die for a cause, than live a life that is worthless.” ― Immortal Technique
38. “Be careful what you say to someone today. Because tomorrow they might not be here, and you can’t take it back.” ― Wiz Khalifa
39. “Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.” ― Eminem
40. “They’re gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up and go and think of better things.” ― Mac Miller
41. “You might not have a car or big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change.” ― Snoop Dogg
42. “Worrying is stupid. It’s like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain.” ― Wiz Khalifa
43. “I would say that I’m more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.” ― Drake
44. “Jump regardless of the consequence, cause even on the night of the apocalypse, everybody’s an optimist.” ― Tonedeff
45. “Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.” ― Jay Z
46. “There was nothing equal for my people in your math. You forced us in the ghetto and then you took our dads.” ― Lupe Fiasco
47. “I like when money makes a difference but don’t make you different.”–Drake, From Time
48. “Let God deal with the things they do. Cause hate in your heart will consume you too.” ― Will Smith
49. “Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.” ― Tupac Shakur
50. “Never stop fighting no matter what anyone says. If it’s in your gut, your soul, there’s nothing, no worldly possession that should come between you and your expression.” –Kanye West
51. “You can make something of your life, it just depends on your drive.” ― Eminem
52. “Is hip hop just a euphemism for a new religion? The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing.” ― Kanye West
53. “The question isn’t do he love ya the question is, do ya love yourself? You give the best advice to your friends and not take it for yourself.” ― Big Sean
54. “Love yourself and your expression, you can’t go wrong.” ― KRS-One
55. “Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk. Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run. Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly. So I’ma spread my wings, you can meet me in the sky.” ― Jay Z
56. “I am obsessed with rap music – it’s such a big part of my life.” ― Randall Park
57. “Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a way.” ― Jay-Z
58. “Take the first chance that you get, because you may never get another one.” ― Lil Wayne
59. “Love is not just a verb, it’s you looking in the mirror.”
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