People used to think, because of our name, that we were a…

People used to think I was out of my mind.

— Bob Crane

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

I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and rock music…

— Win Butler

I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either.

— Bakari Kitwana

You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got to have…

— B-Real

I think hip hop is dead. It's all pop now. If you call it hip hop, then you need to stop. Hip hop was…

— Tracy Morgan

I think hip-hop always shifts culture.

— Yo Gotti

I think hip-hop doesn't give women as much of a chance as it gives guys.

— Chanel West Coast

I think hip-hop can be prophetic and progressive, and at the same time, the dominant forms tend to be homophobic, misogynistic and something that…

— Cornel West

If you think about it, hip-hop came out of nothing. It was a response to oppression.

— Cordae

I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had…

— Tom Petty

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.

— Wiz Khalifa

I think when hip hop first started, people were open to it, and groups like Public Enemy and there was groups like Poor Righteous…

— Ice Cube

I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity.

— Phife Dawg