Murda Beatz Quotes

I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.

People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white.

In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the musical aspect of the business. And I'm as critical about music as everybody else is.

Every person I meet is a rapper, DJ, or makes beats.

I'm the best SoundCloud rapper.

I want people to know that I'm not just another kid M.C. I'm actually a fan of good music and hip-hop.

The moment I made that decision to get in the studio and actually work and study the culture of hip-hop, then everything just started to open up and blossom for me.

I admire hip-hop artists because they drop so much music.

I didn't want to be one of the 10,000 kids on the internet making beats. I went out there and got recognized as the white boy in trap music and made a name for myself.

I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game.

I started making beats in high school.

I've written a couple raps in my day, in my own music career, that people don't know a lot about.

Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.

My job is to make beats and make something hot.

I tried to be a rapper. I tried to make beats before I got into comedy, and that's still one of my hobbies.

The music industry needs a TV outlet for hip-hop fans and artists.

I'm no longer the young guy in No I.D.'s studio asking for Kanye beats.

I struggled with working with producers because no one openly wanted to give me a chance to rap on their beats. That's just honest talk. No one really wanted to take that risk.

I used to grind. I be telling people, you don't grind, you don't sell. I was like 15, 16 getting dropped off in the city by myself, with my own beat CDs.

It's important to love in hip hop.

There was this hip-hop collective called People Crew. And at the time in Korea, there was no real place to access rap music. So People Crew used to host this summer school program, which taught rapping and dancing. I begged my mom to attend that school to learn how to rap.

I'm really excited about 'Love & Hip Hop.'

People like Tay Don, Don Cannon, and OJ Da Juiceman - those were the core people that I rock with. And I still rock with them.

I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art.

I am Mr. 'Toot it and Boot It.'