I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.

My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it.

— Doc Brown

Hip-hop was my first real love, one that was my own and wasn't my parents' music. Initially, I was inspired by hip-hop fashion. Over…

— Mayer Hawthorne

Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists…

— Nas

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

— Roy Ayers

Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists.

— Jonathan Franzen

I get upset when people knock hip-hop, because I can absolutely see the musicality in it. These days, when I'm listening to records by…

— Elton John

There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.

— Cornel West

I admire hip-hop artists because they drop so much music.

— Yungblud

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still some of…

— Michael Isabella

I listen to a lot of hip hop artists, and I think hip hop and poetry go hand in hand. The 'Def Jam Poetry'…

— J. J. Redick

I am not of the impression that an overwhelming amount Hip Hop artists are super savvy on Broadway and it's goings-on, but who knows.

— Rafael Casal

As hip-hop artists, you have to take the music seriously, not just as a way to get rich.

— Xzibit

The younger generation of hip-hop artists believes in doing something irreverent, inventing a new style. That's all it's about.

— Kodie Shane

What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more…

— Jack Antonoff