Nipsey Hussle Quotes

I love that twinkly, girl rap. I've always loved that.

I heard 'Why,' and I think that's when I first started learning about Jadakiss.

I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.

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.

Favorite rap album? Damn. Lil Wayne's mixtapes... He got a lot of good mixtapes like 'Da Drought 3.'

When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.

Scarface is my favorite rapper.

I listened to Lil Wayne a lot when I was kid.

When I heard my first rap song and figured out what that was, I kind've stuck to it. I always wanted to be a musician in general, an entertainer. I just started rapping. I never decided, 'Oh, I want to be a rapper.'

Jay-Z was huge. I was like 2 years old throwing up my diamond, rapping. I know all of 'The Blueprint.' I've heard that album 1,000 times. And 'Reasonable Doubt.'

I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.

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

Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem.

I like underground rappers - Cory Gunz is a young kid that's been really doing his thing. I'm a Gym Class Heroes type of fan even though they're not new, but they're definitely trendsetters.

I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos.

I listen to Jay-Z, Nelly, Nas, Ludacris and all the young kids out there. I listen to them, and I have mad respect for them.

I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.

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

I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition.

If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do.

If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album.

Lil Wayne was one of my favorite rappers.

Juicy J was always one of my favorites. For one, he was a producer and I just used to love how he came on his verses every time.

I did rap when I was a teenager - started rapping when I was nine, and started singing when I was 20. I kinda sing like a rapper would sing.

I was a real big fan of Lil Wayne when he first came out.