Steve Blake I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian alternative music. The next day I have on some dance music. It all varies what I listen to. – Steve Blake
Stephanie Mills I would love to do a collaboration with Lil’ Wayne. I would have loved to sing on his song, ‘How To Love.’ I wanted to do the remix to that song really bad. – Stephanie Mills
Stefflon Don I used to love ‘Ladies Night’ by Lil’ Kim so much that I performed it in school without really knowing what it was about. I just knew that she was getting at a guy and winning. – Stefflon Don
Soulja Boy Swag defines an artist, period. Lil Wayne has his super-tattooed pierces and dreads swag. Jay-Z has his New York, grown man, Beyonce and 40/40 Club swag. – Soulja Boy
Snoop Dogg My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He’s inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination – but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field. – Snoop Dogg
Smokepurpp You’re gonna see me on your TV. You’re gonna see me everywhere. I’m gonna be a common household name. Smokepurpp, Lil Purpp. Remember the name. – Smokepurpp
Smokepurpp I started producing for Pump – I produced his first songs. ‘Lil Pump,’ ‘Elementary,’ ‘Johnny Dang’ – all that I produced. – Smokepurpp
Skai Jackson The music video, Lil Nas X, he asked me to be in the ‘Panini’ music video. It was crazy. I was just listening to the song and I was like, okay, this is going to be my first music video but it was really fun. – Skai Jackson
Sheck Wes No shade, and shout out to Lil Pump, but on a track like ‘Gucci Gang,’ he’s not really saying much. – Sheck Wes
Saweetie I grew up listening to a lot of 2Pac and a lot of East Coast, West Coast rap; Bad Boy, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Biggie, 2Pac. Super hip-hop, super listening to that raw era of music. – Saweetie
Samira Wiley I was obsessed with Lil’ Bow Wow growing up, and you couldn’t see the white of my walls because they were plastered with his photos. This is even more embarrassing: I had a notebook full of facts about Bow Wow and different pictures. I basically made a biography notebook about him and his life when he was, like, 13. – Samira Wiley
