Ice T Rapper, Actor “It really really sunk into me when I went to Europe and they take rap so much more serious than we do here. That was the first time I ever heard rap considered folk music. And sometimes somebody will make you understand like, "Hey, what you doin' is serious, don't play it lightly 'cause it's changin' my life."” Sometimes Rap Serious ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about.” Knowing Rap Hip Hop ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “I wouldn't write about sh*t I don't know. You won't hear me write about politics in Africa and stuff, because I don't know enough about it. And I would never rap about something I can't back up.” Writing Stuff Rap ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and people will still respect me and say 'Yo, Ice-T was wild', into my old age. And why not? I don't necessarily think I'll be rapping in 10 years.” Thinking Cat Rap ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and it's very different now. When you make it as pop and as soft as it is, it lacks its integrity. It lacks its accountability. It lacks a lot of other things that came from that dangerous time in hip hop.” Integrity Rap Hip Hop ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “What's bad for the culture is wack rappers that get held in high regard like they're some great thing because it's the flavor of the month, but everybody knows they can't rap. I don't think it's hard, even for somebody who's not hip-hop, to know that that's not good. When you put them up against somebody that can really rhyme, you go, "Okay, I get it. This is what it should sound like."” Thinking Rap Flavor Of The Month ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.” Thinking Art Rap ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.” Kids Rap Mastery ♥ 3
Ice T Rapper, Actor “I think all music - not just rap - has fallen into this very diluted, delusional state, where everyone's singing about money and having cars, and having all this fun; when really, people are losing their homes.” Home Fun Rap ♥ 3
Ice Cube Rapper, Actor “If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been Paris.” Thinking New York Rap ♥ 3
Ice Cube Rapper, Actor “I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.” Thinking Rap Acceptance ♥ 3
Ice Cube Rapper, Actor “You the devil in drag. You can burn your cross, Well, I'll burn your flag.” Rap Devil Hip Hop ♥ 3
