So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country…

I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this…

— Mos Def

Well, I am not sure of when my album will be released but my music has a lot of different sounds. I'm a hip-hop/R&B…

— Zendaya

I do experiment with lots of different genres. In making music, I don't think of genre like, "I want to do this, because I'm…

— India.Arie

I thank God for Hip Hop because Marvin Gaye didn't have that and he was able to be that dope. For us to have…

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did and I'd say, well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical - but…

— Laura Mvula

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but…

— Laura Mvula

Don't get me wrong - we love our hip-hop, but in its own context. Rap has no place in our music. Is what we…

— David Draiman

I put the truth out there, I put the historical facts into Hip Hop to show us how much history repeats itself and that…

— Immortal Technique

Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'

— Rakim

I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not…

— Nas

Rev Run is a living legend of Hip-Hop, who's still making great music, but now he's also the dad to an amazing family, ...…

— Tony DiSanto

For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express yourself, the…

— El-P

Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way…

— Jay-Z

By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something…

— Talib Kweli

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through…

— Hoodie Allen