All I need is one mic One beat, one stage One ni%$a frontin' my face on the front page Only if I… — Nas Copy Share Image
This dope money here is Lil Treys scholarship Cause aint no to tuition for havin no ambition And aint no loans for… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm living in the dead weeds of hip-hop. I live in the graveyard of what went wrong with hip-hop. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Keep my planets in orbit, Never forfeit or quit, Move forward... I talk with the awkward slang, I walk with the Wu-Tang. — RZA Copy Share Image
We was sneakin' in and it was general admission, Now we ownin' the arena and decidin' who allowed in it. — Curren$y Copy Share Image
I love the song 'Picasso Baby,' and I think the performance art piece was brilliant. I love that fact that Jay Z… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I'm kind of like a folk singer mixed with soul, but I feel like if you really are a lover of hip-hop… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Hip-hop, pop, dance - the common point is melancholy. That's international, and I like this word because it's not only about sadness… — Stromae Copy Share Image
There's no real outlet for making Hip-Hop in Alabama. You need to travel to get heard. You really need to be working… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
Look at Daft Punk and Kanye West. The song 'Stronger' was inspired by a Daft tune. Once the hip-hop scene opens up… — Little Louie Vega Copy Share Image
I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me with his performance,… — John Cena Copy Share Image
My main concern is that there is a balance in the system and that some art-based hip-hop can get out to the… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I got a smile that'll make the mirror crack, And I seem to stay under clouds that's pitch black. So when it… — GZA Copy Share Image
Your mom's in our business...she's in our business... Can't you see, girl, that your mom's trying to end this? — K-Solo Copy Share Image
A lot of time we didn't know where we were going or how it was going to transition from fishnets into hip-hop… — Nicole Scherzinger Copy Share Image
Rihanna is so into rock, and she gives me an empty canvas to work with. I get to do wild solos and… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
It's like I'm married to the silencer, Until I file for divorce and release my ex-calibers. Do art with your arteries, place… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Be a father, if not, why bother, son? A boy can make 'em, but a man can raise one. If you did… — Ed O.G Copy Share Image
I see dancehall reggae and hip-hop as fused together, When I was a kid, they were the two kinds of music that… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
If Obama's enormous symbolic power draws primarily from being the country's first black president, it also draws from his membership in hip-hop's… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Nowadays, you gots ta walk the street and watch your back, Cause brothers with the gats don't be knowin' how to act. — Shyheim Copy Share Image
We listen to a lot of hip hop. They're the ones that are trailblazing. It used to be rock, but it's really… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were. — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
I'm going to be honest, I would love for Flava Flav to be president. It would bring a lot of excitement to… — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background,… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
I come from both sides of the spectrum: I grew up listening to hip-hop and R&B then learned how to make a… — Lotic Copy Share Image
People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
I can go from doing an electronic track to hip-hop to even folk songs. I think people like that variety in me. — Hyuna Copy Share Image
Y'all really think Ms. Shakur, or Ms. Wallace, Or Ms. Mizell from out in Hollis Wouldn't exchange the love and fame Attached… — Kelvin Mercer Copy Share Image
I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
I actually grew up break-dancing. When you break-dance you listen to hip-hop and rap, so I've been listening to that music since… — Matthew Morrison Copy Share Image
America is tough for rock music. Rock n' roll used to be the main music for the youth, and it's not so… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five… — Questlove Copy Share Image
