Jay-Z Quotes About Rappers

Quotes about: Rappers

• Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.

  Jay-Z

  Rapper, Gossip, Causes

• I spring train in the winter, around early December...

  Jay-Z

  Spring, Winter, Rapper

• The day Obama got elected, the gangsta became less relevant.

  Jay-Z

  Gangsta, Rapper, Relevant

  "Jay-Z: 'The Day Obama Got Elected, The Gangsta Became Less Relevant.'". uproxx.com. April 27, 2009.

• Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, People, Hip Hop

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.70, Random House Group

• My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two overlap as much as they diverge. I was on the streets for more than half of my life from the time I was thirteen years old. People sometimes say that now I'm so far away from that life - now that I've got businesses and Grammys and magazine covers - that I have no right to rap about it. But how distant is the story of your own life ever going to be? The feelings I had during that part of my life were burned into me like a brand. It was life during wartime.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, Two, Years

  "Decoded". Book by Jay-Z, December 7, 2010.

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