Trippie Redd Quotes

Drake and Kanye, y'all gotta move out of the way. I'm younger than y'all. I look better than y'all. I got more swag than y'all. And it just is what it is. I'm here to take it. I'm the new best rapper.

I'm better than Tupac and Biggie. I say that so now you know where my head at.

I'm a surprisingly good rapper.

I'm the first rapper ever popping his collar.

I'm huge into '90s rap. It's my jam.

But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That's when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat.

Nas always been my favorite rapper, but 50 Cent, he changed my way of thinking about music 'cause he was so detailed in his music, I knew that wasn't lying. I never felt Tupac that way; I never felt Biggie that way. I love Nas music, but I never felt and believed like, 'This is for real.' 'Cause I grew up that gangsta lifestyle.

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

I grew up with bubble-gum rap. Seriously, in 2003, 2004, it was Chingy 'Right Thurr.'

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

I will rap circles around anybody.

When the Chicago rap scene came about, I listened to all of the upcoming artists like Lil Durk, Chief Keef and G Herbo.

I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s.

I'm usually bored with both gangsta rappers and underground ones, too.

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

It must surprise people that I'm such a rap fan, but it's true. Sometimes, just staying in, putting on some rap music, and letting loose is all I need to have a good time.

I've got an IQ of 40 million.

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

I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to some rap, and I do like listening to Biggie Smalls.

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.

You can't be Eazy-E and not move a certain way, basically. So, I studied the culture of it, and also, one of my uncles is from L.A., and he's great. He was like my performance coach. He helped me get the lingo down pat. He helped me get a lot of things down pat because I would talk in that accent for 10 hours a day.

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 favorite rappers are, I can't really say. I like Kanye because he's so creative. He'll just do anything. I like what Kanye's bringing to the game. Lil Wayne. I like Wayne.

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.