It's either hip or it ain't.

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

Sexy for me is a curvy woman - doesn't have to be skinny, which I hate anyway. I'm glad [the fashion industry] is changing…

— Heidi Klum

Common sense is the guy who tells you that you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front…

— Raymond Chandler

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 Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.

— Pat Morita

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

— Thomas Bangalter

“Best I ever had Hips don't lie You make me wanna *sssss* One more night Irreplaceable, yeah Crazy, we're crazy”

— Niall Horan

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