Mystikal Quotes

Kendrick Lamar deserves a Grammy. He's one of the biggest, most influential rappers of my generation.

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

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.

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 have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area.

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.

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.

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.

My first rap name was Ralo. Because my first name is Carlos. I likened myself to what Busta Rhymes was doing when he first came out. And what Onyx did when they first came out - they reminded me of me.

The best rappers I know are, like, air-conditioner men.

In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

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

New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.

Much respect to Eminem - he's the greatest.

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

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

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

Nas was a huge influence. That's probably my favorite rapper of all time.

Back in the day, rappers were 'bump bump bump ba bump ba bump.' They was rhyming like that, but I was like, 'bababa bump bump babum ba babump bababa bump.'

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.