David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that…

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

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

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

I don't like small birds. They hop around so merrily outside my window, looking so innocent. but I know that secretly, they're watching my…

— Anonymous

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

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

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

Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'

— Rakim

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

Hip-hop has always been exciting and interesting to us.

— Thomas Bangalter

She speaks with a stutter and she and she walks with a hop. I don't know why I love her, but I just can't…

— Bob Dylan

Hip hop is expression..our roots and culture..Its your duty to contribute uniqueness to this artform. Desire of bringing somethin new, improved, witty and soul…

— Larry Bakersfield

I don't care who you talk about down south, Boosie gonna win. I'm the only one to put out a whole album, with more…

— Lil Boosie

More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record…

— Vanilla Ice

I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when…

— Noel Gallagher