DJ Premier Quotes

You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now.

I'm the best SoundCloud rapper.

If we want to mumble rap, we can mumble rap.

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

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

I had a lot of respect for Prodigy. He brought the hood to the booth. When we were trying to shape this rap thing into something, he was one of the cats I respected for bringing the hood into the booth.

I was, like, in a rap gang. I loved rap, and it was all around me.

I must say, I've been in the studio with Jay Z, dog... I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!

I am Michael Render - that's what my mom named me. 'Killer Mike' is what my dumb friends called me in a rap battle once, and it stuck.

I can show these folks I can do more than just the 'trap.' But what I realized is the trap is what they really recognize me for - that's what they want to hear.

When I came into the game, my influence was so heavy in the States and overseas people was painting murals of me, people tattooing me on them.

Our talent and skill as rappers is clearly the first thing you notice. I don't know what we were thinking. We just really love rap and wanted to be rappers. Is that weird?

I'm not with G-Unit for protection. I chose G-Unit because I felt like that's the place where the people would be more supportive of a person that is considered a rebel.

When I first spit my first rhyme in public on my school bus, I had an audience.

I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could. I didn't do that until I started rapping.

All my friends were rappers, so I just thought I might as well take a shot at it.

We need more Rocafellas; we need more Bad Boys.

When MC Hammer came out, I was wearing parachute pants and patent leather shoes and a high top fade with a blonde streak in it like Kwame.

We owned the mixtape game, and every mixtape we put out was like an album.

When you are culture, you're forever young, like Snoop. When you're on that level, it's just contributing to the gangsta.

Rapping was a hobby; when I went to college, there were a ton of dudes rapping. I think that's where I got my rapping chops up.

I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.

When I did rap and rhyme, it wasn't just a word that rhymed with another one.

I rap on 'Front Porch Junkies' and 'Whatcha Got in that Cup.' I try to channel my inner Lil Wayne and Drake. It's fun to be able to freestyle over a country melody and say country words over a rap song.

I'm a surprisingly good rapper.