Tupac Shakur Quotes

I'm the greatest game-spitter of all time. I talk about the swell, the block, the 'hood. I'm a street commentator. I narrate how people live. That's E-40.

The boys in the hood are always hard.

If anyone wants to know what the definition of 'dope' means, it's: 'Definition of Public Enemy.'

Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.

I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front of Jazzy Jeff's record studio every day.

I'm a rapper but I'm more of a hustler.

What's up, gangstas? It's the M-I-Double-Tizzle.

A thug is what I want and a thug is what I need. And my friends don't understand, and I think it's jealousy.

Hip-hop culture is deeply rooted in the wrong things. Hip-hop is about drugs right now. It's more so about drugs - about selling drugs, about using drugs - it's bad for kids.

I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working out some lyrics sort of to the rhythm of a washing machine. And something about hip-hop culture and hip-hop is the ability to use current language and slang and reference details of life is very, very strong for me.

I always loved hip-hop, being a black little kid. I always used to freestyle on the bus when I was young. It was always a part of my life.

Every generation brings its own presentation of what hip-hop is to them.

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

The crafting of lyrics is really a task, and when it comes to street culture, I don't feel like anyone else articulates it better than me.

I was into skateboarding, so through skating I kind of got into hip hop by discovering it through skate videos.

I don't really know what 'respect' means. That sounds like something a kid in the street says after he's getting ready to take your coat and your shoes.

It's mad to think I was just a kid from south London, rapping in parks with friends.

I'm from the same area as Gucci Mane. I stayed off Bouldercrest road. I stayed off Glenwood.

I go by the name of Polo G and I'm from the near North Side of Chicago, the 1300 block of Hudson Avenue.

'Chopper City in the Ghetto' - a lot of it was B.G.'s real story.

For me growing up when hip hop was forming and maturing and coming into its own, I just felt I was a part of something really exciting. I was a part of it as a consumer.

My hope is that very young people in America who have experience with the streets, hip-hop, college, higher learning will fuse all that together. I just want to be the music that can relate to both sides, that stitch together their lives or represents their experiences.

I grew up listening to a lot of Chief Keef, Lil B, all that.