Michael Dapaah Quotes

I love Lil Wayne for even having people look my way.

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

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'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.

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.

The best bounce rapper ain't gonna be able to compete with Jay-Z, not on a major scale.

No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.

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.

The best show I went to was probably Curren$y. I went to see him when I was at LSU. He's a mellow rapper, but he has a way with crowds and his fans follow him wherever he goes.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make me listen to it. There's some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious.

I don't even really like rap music.

I love listening to Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Eminem to get me fired up!

I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.

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.