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In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.

— Bobby Moynihan

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Out of all the R&B artists that have come out, I think my name has been used most in hip-hop songs.

— Keith Sweat

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.

— Rodney King

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper.

— Zadie Smith

People don't really call me a rapper. They call me Mr. 'Trap Queen'. The 'Trap Queen' Guy.

— Fetty Wap

Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.

— Sam Kinison

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

To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality.

— Diplo

I would love to have a rapper on one of my songs, like Ludacris, or the 'it's so hot in here' guy, Nelly.

— LaToya Jackson

✗Opposing Perspectives

I can't really even name a person I like in hip-hop music.

— Angel Haze

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.

— CeeLo Green