The 50 Most Outrageous Rapper Quotes

After the release of 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West was feeling even more on top of the world than usual. In true Yeezy fashion, he told Details that he was the last word on music. Pens down.

When Cam'ron popped up in a viral clip, letting 50 Cent (who he was beefing with at the time) know that it was going to be a "hot summer," there's one quote that stood above the pack. After Killa wrapped up his rant, he instructed the cameraman to get a shot of his vacation pool. He was dead serious, but it still makes us keel over with laughter to this day.

When Weezy all but threatened the lawyer in his infamous deposition footage, it became an instant meme sensation. We all got a good laugh, and learned that we don't have enough money to act this insane when it concerns the law.

Last September, DMX used Google for the first time. Thankfully, it was captured on film. Aside from his aversion to the general set-up of computers and the site, he hated the name.

Eminem doesn't get booed often, but when he threatened Moby at the 2002 VMAs, the crowd wasn't feeling it. Six years after the incident, Eminem was quoted as saying, "I should have handled it differently."

Danny Brown responded to fan comments on his Back and Forth with A$AP Rocky in a taped segment for Noisey. The entire clip was full of quotables, but his first answer was the most memorable. His reasoning: "Skinny chicks, they can take a little bit too much, and sometimes you don't wanna give them all that."

For a guy who's rapped, "I'm so gangsta, prissy chicks don't wanna fuck with me," this 180 degree shift is pretty monumental.

The friend of 50 Cen't enemy is an enemy of 50 Cent, as well. That's the position DJ Khaled found himself in when tensions between Rick Ross and 50 reached a peak. 50 released an online video threatening Khaled's mother, and warned him, "I'm not the kinda nigga you should fuck with," before offering the epic quote above.

Ma$e went head-to-head with Cam'ron and Jim Jones on Hot 97, and Capo came away with the most entertaining one-liner of the argument. "Is that you, Betha?" gets a close second.

Fans protested to get Lupe's Lasers released, but it had a noticeable pop agenda upon release. Complex spoke to Lupe about the record and got this brutally honest quote.

Last month, Kanye was ranked No. 7 on MTV's Hottest MCs list. Of course, he wasn't happy about it, and partially because he figured Sway had some input on the list. Sway being the guy who he was generous enough to gift a television some odd years ago. The Internet subsequently exploded, and Sway even hosted an episode of RapFix Live with the famed TV set.

This quote is significant for one reason: Game started crying when he said it. The Compton MC has been pegged for his unpredictable mood swings before, and it's moments like these that give those claims credibility.

Katie Couric interviewed Lil Wayne for a special that aired before the 2009 Grammys and got this gem out of him. Nothing says "gangsta" like bowling with Katie Couric.

Boosie is a bit of pioneer for pre-dating rap's recent Molly obsession with this quote about Ecstasy. He let it be known that rectal administration is his preferred method for women in the club. His description was gross and gut-busting at the same damn time.

Before heading to jail in March 2008, Prodigy shot a vlog in which he appeared disgusted with the state of rap. He encouraged lame MCs to pick up new hobbies, painting a house, included.

When asked the advantages of the Internet, Bizzy Bone could only think of one. Who knew Bone Thugs was popping in the Pacific Islands?

When Kanye's "Touch The Sky" clip lost Best Video to Justice vs. Simian's "We Are Friends" at the 2006 EMAs, 'Ye rushed the stage with one of his infamous rants. The fact that his video cost $1 million to produce and starred Pamela Anderson were cited as reasons why it should have won.

Vanilla Ice famously (and ridiculously) denied sampling Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" for "Ice Ice Baby," but had to pay up years later. These days, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie are listed as songwriter's on the record's credits.

When Obama was on the campaign trail before his first term, he was on TV practically every day. Still, DMX only heard about him for the first time in an interview with XXL. The revelation was astounding, but we've come to expect such shenanigans from X.

'Ye had a great way of defending this statement: "If somebody works at Starbucks, they don't drink coffee at the crib." Point taken.

Is this a threat from a rapper or Wile E. Coyote? The radio battles between The Lox and Diddy were fraught with tension, but this quote definitely gave the publishing debates an awkward and humorous spin.

In one of his most famous rants, 50 Cent tosses a light diss at his own boss, Interscope honcho Jimmy Iovine. Surely, he's made the man enough money to get away with a little slick talk.

ODB thought Wu-Tang's Forever would win Best Rap Album at the 1998 Grammys. When it lost to Puff Daddy's No Way Out, he bumrushed the stage and uttered the quote above.

When Rick Ross was informed that his former associate, Trick Daddy, was saying he'd been a corrections officer, he flat-out denied the accusations with a bold-faced lie. After that, he spent close to 10 minutes dissing Trick Daddy for being jealous and less financially stable.

Ye's been outspoken at award shows since the beginning of his career. When he lost Best New Artist to country artist Gretchen Wilson at the 2004 American Music Awards, he didn't take it lightly.

In what was ultimately the death blow to his credibility, Young Buck was recorded pleading with 50 Cent on the phone, just days after shouting "Fuck G-Unit!" onstage. His financial problems and misguided loyalty were put on blast, and the Tennessee rapper hasn't been right since.

A tour of Redman's Staten Island pad made for the most memorable episode of MTV's Cribs, ever. The entire segment was awe-inspiring, but it's his doorbell instructions at the end that pushed the clip into classic territory.

When Hot 97 wouldn't let Nas "lynch" a fake Jay-Z at Summer Jam, he got on rival station Power 105 and lost it. He called Cam'ron "wack," told N.O.R.E. to step his raps up, and referred to Def Jam and Hot 97 as "evil empires." The kicker came when he personally attacked Funkmaster Flex, accusing him taking payola and promoting a "corny" format.

Kanye caused a bit of a stir when he told Essence his thoughts about interracial women, or "mutts," as he called them. The Congress of Racial Equality condemned 'Ye for what they perceived as putting down dark-skinned women.

In October 2011, Funkmaster Flex asked Drake about Pusha's subliminal disses towards him, and Drizzy was more than understanding. His nonchalance towards the entire conflict proved even more damning than an irate response.

In a 1994 interview with MTV, 2Pac went off about a variety of subjects: his "big mouth," the aggression in hip-hop, and his influence on listeners. The quote that stuck is this one about how words will inspire action. He followed that with: "If I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody's gonna clean it up." Good point.

This was Lil Wayne's attempt to brush off the photo of him and Birdman kissing as something "gangsta." It's not a bad spin, either, but Bill Parcels isn't in the Mafia, bro.

Although they'd never met, Charles Hamilton controversially listed deceased artist J Dilla as an executive producer on his debut album, attributing it to a "paranormal" connection. The hip-hop community was outraged, and it was one more strike against the kid obsessed with Sonic.

After attending a White House luncheon that President George H. W. Bush was at, Eazy E had to defend his political stance. He distanced himself from both parties and stated that he wasn't even a voter, but the legend of his White House visit lives on.

Bill O'Reilly was supposed to moderate a conversation between Cam'ron, Dame Dash, and a Philadelphia principal about hip-hop's impact on the youth. Instead, his agenda against rap was overbearing and he wound up getting into a shouting match with Dash. Cam jumped in and mocked O'Reilly for getting flared up and it was television gold.

After downing much of a bottle of Hennessy, Kanye couldn't hold his tongue when Taylor Swift won Best Female Video at the 2009 VMAs. Outrage ensued, but the bold move resonated with some for its disregard for convention and authority. You gotta love it, somebody still speaks from the soul.

In a candid interview with Complex five years ago, Flavor Flav told us that his first time having sex was "on a box in the bushes." Then he told us that it happened when he was the age of the average first-grader. Shocking is an understatement, but you have to respect the early start.

Before Ja Rule got wrapped up in beef with 50 Cent, he was going back and forth with DMX. He hopped on Kay Slay to defend himself, which was cool, but then he compared himself to 2Pac and crossed over into insane territory.

We have to take advantage of the fact that Ray J has rapped a handful of times in order to include him on this list, because his threats against Fabolous are as "outrageous" as it gets. We learned that he has an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, and that his goons have an extreme way of dealing with foes.

Frustrated with the state of Atlanta hip-hop, late Houston rapper Pimp C famously disassociated the city from the South because he felt its artists were fake.

Wale was curious as to why Kanye West and Kid Cudi were hesitant to collaborate with him, and Cudi let it be known in a cover story interview with Complex. The quote went viral instantly, even making it to the front of T-shirts.

2Pac infamously taunted Biggie by hinting that he'd been intimate with his wife, Faith Evans, in behind-the-scenes footage while on the set of his "California Love" music video. Another choice quote from the clip: "Next year, Death Row is gonna print our own money."

Lupe's Lasers album contains lyrics that are critical of the War on Terror. When asked about them while promoting the LP, he used the moment as a platform to attack the President for his foreign policy. Similar quotes were repeated at an inauguration concert earlier this year, and those got Lupe booed off stage.

In footage captured for documentary The Carter, Weezy encouraged his teen artist Lil Twist to get sexually active in the creepiest way possible.

The Snop Snitchin' campaign was so ubiquitious that Anderson Cooper did a report on its impact for 60 Minutes. Cam'ron was interviewed for the story and stood behind his "don't talk to police" mantra to hilarious result.

Hurricane Katrina was tearing New Orleans apart, and the President's response time was less than satisfactory. Kanye took the opportunity to call him out on live television, and the rest is history. Literally. 'Ye received seemingly equal amounts of support and backlash for the comment, but it remains one of hip-hop's most shocking pop culture moments for people on both sides of the fence.

ODB's solo debut was one of the top 10 albums in the country, and he was rapping on Mariah Carey remixes, but he wasn't too proud to cash a welfare check—in front of MTV cameras, no less.