What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that…

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

I grew up on rap and hip-hop and fell into dance music. Hip-hop died down, and I moved more into dance music, disco and…

— Nomi Ruiz

That was my challenge then, how to make scratching still fun for someone who didn't necessarily come to hear that. It was fun to…

— A-Trak

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'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

— Mika

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

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

— Thomas Bangalter

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