Tech N9ne Quotes

Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.

I'm the first rapper ever popping his collar.

I can't really even name a person I like in hip-hop music.

I'm not one of those pop guys. That's for wimps like Vanilla Ice.

I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was a bad boy, and my mum was not really happy that I was hanging out with him.

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy.

You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.

The best bounce rapper ain't gonna be able to compete with Jay-Z, not on a major scale.

I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived.

All these Lil' rappers, I'm just kind of getting real irritated by it. I said, 'You know what? Drop the Lil'. Forget it. I'm Bow Wow.

Everybody has the Tupac that they admire. Certain people love the hip-hop person, the rapper. Strictly just the rapper. A lot of people, the newfound Tupac fans... they're into Death Row-era Tupac. But that was only nine months!

My default is e-40 because there's no one else in the world who raps like him. I've always loved e-40.

Mobb Deep is a street-rap group. We from off the streets.

I'm the best SoundCloud rapper.

Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi.

If Chief Keef can run around and say he's 300, I'm definitely 1400.

Before I got signed to Bad Boy, I grew up listening to Snoop and Tupac and my hood was all Tupac driven.

Maybe I'm the prophet of hip hop for real. Maybe I do come with some kind of divine principle behind me, because I know that every battle I've ever had I've always won.

I am not a rapper. And I believe people in India are not even clear with the whole idea of rap or what it signifies.

Who doesn't love Tupac? Those records have such swagger to them. The groove is just incredible.

Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.

Dr. Dre is the most influential artist and producer in hip-hop history.

Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation of rap in Bollywood songs, is giving rappers a chance to show their talent and it is coming to the mainstream.

I was about nine years old when I first heard Wu-Tang's 'C.R.E.A.M.' Before that, I didn't know anything about rap or hip-hop. I was just into Korean pop.