I can admit there are some problems in hip hop but it is only a reflection of what's taking place in our… — David Banner Copy Share Image
I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of crazy stuff like pop, techno, rock, hip-hop, rap, baladas, bachata...my iPod is crazy. I like listening… — Prince Royce Copy Share Image
I just feel like that '90s era was pretty special from all aspects. Whether it was hip-hop, R&B, it was a lot… — Bobby Wagner Copy Share Image
We had some Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, but there's a lot of hip-hop and other black music that I just never… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
I just need the junkies and the liars and the thieves, I need the pimps, prostitutes and pushers out in the streets.… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I love black thighs, you sisters better realize That real hair and real eyes get real guys. So before you makeup your… — Common Copy Share Image
You gotta school these young macks comin' up today... I mean to be 'frank', they just hot dogs, The girls are relish,… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story,… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
Call me what you want b*tch, call me on my sidekick Never answer when it's private, d*mn I hate a shy b*tch… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
We can teach about hip-hop history, we can teach about legends, hip-hop theory. It's been around so long that text books can… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
As an artist when you come into [hip hop] you don't know nothing really. You just know what you do and it's… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
We have been lead as the hip hop generation. We have been once again lead by people who are under qualified. It's… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
Emotion is what hip-hop thrives on. Don't you want your music to have emotion in it? People like to always throw some… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
Every artist can actually say that, that the overseas community appreciates the culture of hip-hop more, really, rather than over here. So… — Redman Copy Share Image
Rock is periodically pronounced dead by clear rock critics - killed by world music, or by hip-hop, or electronica, or the Backstreet… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
Look past the garbage, over the trains, Under the ruins, through the remains, Around the crime and pollution, And tell me...where I… — Grandmaster Caz Copy Share Image
Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
The line between playing to win and sin is thin, But I walk it with grace and I talk it with taste.… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
I fell in love with hip-hop at an early age as a culture, as a sound, both from the perspective of a… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
That is the problem that we have with the so-called hip hop culture today... I think our foundation is a bunch of… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
The Lifted Crew, I think that they're a great band that plays great soul music. They may have studied a lot of… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Everything will eventually come to an end, So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it? The beauty of life,… — Nas Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna force something or fake something to try to get more black people at my shows. I'm not gonna do… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I have read countless comics books while listening to hip hop, and as a young one, I wasted countless hours practicing nunchuks… — Axel Alonso Copy Share Image
I was born a premature birth. My first words were "bleep, bleep" and "Curse, Curse" My breath still stinks and I'm on… — Eminem Copy Share Image
The reason that I like 'Game of Thrones' is because it's based on all these royal families. And it's cutthroat - just… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
In time, you'll see a thin line between friend and rival. Between you and me: stupidity and men's bravado. — Ka Copy Share Image
I do watch some kind of terrible shows on VH1, 'Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood,' 'Basketball Wives.' Those are like my guilty… — Brian Urlacher Copy Share Image
I got lots of love for my crew, that is; No love for them other crews and rival kids. All them out-of-town… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role ...To the faith that… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal Persona is unbombable? Trust me son, I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing… — Nas Copy Share Image
A couple years ago it was really hard for me to sing, because there's so much pressure in hip-hop to be a… — SonReal Copy Share Image
Do you ever think about when you outta here? Record deal and video, outta here!? Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!? — KRS-One Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
As a hip-hop artist who likes fashion, who can't help but notice people like Kanye West, Tiger, Big Sean and definitely T.I.P.… — B.o.B Copy Share Image
![“We can teach about hip-hop history, we can teach about legends, hip-hop theory. It's been around so long that text books can be written about it. This is a perfect time to capitalize on and get kids excited about [music] education.” quote by Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/814/kanye-west-242_book_we-can-teach-about-hip-hop-history-we-ca_1155519.jpg)
![“As an artist when you come into [hip hop] you don't know nothing really. You just know what you do and it's free of the influences of money, power and all these other things people learn about the further they get into it.” quote by Mic Geronimo](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/985/mic-geronimo-17985_art_as-an-artist-when-you-come-into-hip-hop_2497830.jpg)
