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I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.

— ASAP Rocky

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✓Similar Perspectives

No city owns me, you know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, but no city owns me. Nobody can bottle up my sound and box me in. Yes, I am a rapper, but am I a New York rapper? No. I am from New York, I love New York to death, but I will not conform myself to one place, no.

— ASAP Ferg

I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.

— Miguel

I'm not a rapper.

— Shawn Mendes

I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a quote-unquote star or anything. My thing was just feeling blessed to be able to make my living acting.

— Ving Rhames

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.

— Coolio

I feel like a lot of people in the hip hop world don't take me seriously as a rapper, and I feel that first-and-foremost I came up as a rapper before I started singing. All a lot of people know from me is 'Cupid's Chokehold,' and they don't scratch the surface and see beyond that dude who sings the song about his girlfriend.

— Travie McCoy

I'm not really a rapper!

— Gillian Jacobs

✗Opposing Perspectives

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

— Alexander Smith

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.

— Action Bronson

There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes.

— Heavy D