If you really look at hip-hop dance, it's really a rites-of-passage thing. You never see the arms release down. They're always up… — Rennie Harris Copy Share Image
When I started Fool's Gold and producing consistent records that were like electro beats with rapping on it that was experimental and… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat,… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
I do think there's a great deal of politics mixed in rap. Their reference to the real world is much better than… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
Somewhere down the line, the evil ones stole the legacy of hip hop and flipped it to a corporate type of hip… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
Drake and Kanye, y'all gotta move out of the way. I'm younger than y'all. I look better than y'all. I got more… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
“That's a story that a lot of people don't know. I was about to do something really stupid, and Tupac stopped me.… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
I was mainly talking to Jay, Nas all the greats in the game, DMX, everybody that influenced me and things of that… — Yung Berg Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been so important in my work, because it speaks to the idea of money being tied to cultural capital in… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
Nobody uses skits at all anymore, so it seems like I use a lot. That's how I grew up on tapes. Biggie… — Dave East Copy Share Image
If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a… — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
I'm not on a record like some rapper trying to boast about my clothes or where I'm from. I'm creating stories, experiences,… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records,… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
I don't want to be categorized as a this type of rapper, or a 'Some Type Of Way' sound, or a 'Walk… — Rich Homie Quan Copy Share Image
Don't let mistakes be so monumental, don't let your love be so confidential, don't let your mind be so darn judgemental, and… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Not only the brothers on the street but the middle class brothers are also identifying with the gangster rappers because of the… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
If you want to say something profound, writing from your heartbeat is different than writing from the loud voices you get from… — Russell Simmons 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
Boy I got heat flamo, potent like liquid drano, a verbal valcano, they love me cause they know, I'm cut from the… — Mac Dre Copy Share Image
Eminem has been someone that I've always considered the greatest ever, to ever do it. You know what I mean? In every… — Joyner Lucas Copy Share Image
I grew up with park jams. That's how I knew about rap... The local MCs would grab the mic and start rapping.… — Pepa Copy Share Image
By the end of high school, I was interning for no school credit, no money, no nothing, for Jonny Shipes. He was… — Kenny Beats Copy Share Image
There's definitely some parallels between me and Joaquin Phoenix, I think. The line gets so blurry. My rap career wasn't a hoax,… — Steve-O Copy Share Image
I'm trying to prove everybody wrong whoever told me I couldn't make it. To all the haters who say I can't rap… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
“ Pharrell Williams : '[Tommy Lee] is a great drummer with a lot of style. He keeps his chops up in terms… — Tommy Lee 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
From Snoop, I've learned quite a bit. I learned that sometimes I need to keep my mouth shut. It's a long story,… — Chanel West Coast Copy Share Image
We have to remember examples of many artists of conscious rap who have been coopted by the Department of State of the… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
The women like us because we're the first real women rappers, and the men like us because we're strong. We're not some… — Pepa Copy Share Image
You know how you see Chris Brown and all these guys playing basketball? Chris Brown is actually not bad so I feel… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
There's so many things that Kanye does that I agree with and disagree with at times. I just say, 'You're in a… — No I.D Copy Share Image
I started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I say that I'm not dancing, people get it confused, like I'm not going to do anything outside of rap. It's… — Astro Copy Share Image
Some artists are definitely trying to do different styles. Some, not a lot. But even from what you've seen [of] Outkast, Kanye… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Everybody has the Tupac that they admire. Certain people love the hip-hop person, the rapper. Strictly just the rapper. A lot of… — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I… — Common Copy Share Image
Me and hip-hop have a relationship that has nothing to do with no other rapper, no matter where you from or nothing.… — Nas Copy Share Image
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