I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Where I go, rap goes. Rap is like my dog; it's like my little pet. And where I go, I lead my… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft? They corny ass raps be makin me doze off. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly; They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art. — KRS-One 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
Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers, Wannabe MC's, but really good triers, Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored, A… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I am the manifestation of study, NOT the manifestation of money. Therefore, I advance through thought, NOT what's manufactured and bought. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The Temple of Hip-Hop makes sure that we don't just approach hip-hop just through music or through rap. We approach the totality… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Rap is like a set-up...a lot of games, A lot of suckers with colorful names. 'I'm so-and-so,' 'I'm this, I'm that.' But… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Before I came out, there was no such thing as a black conciousness movement. Kids on the street didn't know who Malcom… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
As a conscious rap artist, you should not want to be in a gangster market. You should be trying to establish your… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
...Cops just surrounding me with pistols everywhere. They put me in the backseat of their car handcuffed, Pushed out them chests like… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Take a look at the police and how they treat you, Take a look at these corporations that cheat you. Democrats and… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you're true to the upliftment of people and the unity of people, raising the self-worth of people, then you live within… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that all journalists, specifically print journalists, have a responsibility to educate the public. When you handle a culture's intellectual property,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that all journalists, specifically print journalists, have a responsibility to educate the public. When you handle a culture's intellectual property,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level, But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
To me, that's the biggest problem with hip-hop today is the fact that everyone believes that all of hip-hop is rap music,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. — KRS-One Copy Share
It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy… — KRS-One Copy Share
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin'… — KRS-One Copy Share
I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light of this,… — KRS-One Copy Share
Maybe I'm the prophet of hip hop for real. Maybe I do come with some kind of divine principle behind me, because I know… — KRS-One Copy Share
“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something, that only… — KRS-One Copy Share
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved. — KRS-One Copy Share
You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what… — KRS-One Copy Share
I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle — KRS-One Copy Share
I honestly now know that I'm the physical embodiment of hip-hop on earth. That's my only purpose here on earth is to keep the… — KRS-One Copy Share
If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS has introduced… — KRS-One Copy Share
