It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Graffiti art brings you back to your human skills - your spirit and what your being is really about. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Ask any rapper or singer what artist they are an expert on. What artist are they looking to emulate, and really, what… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
To me, that's the biggest problem with hip-hop today is the fact that everyone believes that all of hip-hop is rap music,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think music should be free. I think all communication should be free. I think people should respect artists, and there should… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think music should be free. I think all communication should be free. I think people should respect artists, and there should… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing;… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Even with so many artists using auto-tune, there's still a growing group of artists rising up and going in the opposite direction,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you're true to the upliftment of people and the unity of people, raising the self-worth of people, then you live within… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
As a conscious rap artist, you should not want to be in a gangster market. You should be trying to establish your… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that Napster is the greatest invention since sliced bread. Napster, to me, is liberation and freedom for artists. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin'… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light of this,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm the prophet of hip hop for real. Maybe I do come with some kind of divine principle behind me, because I know… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something, that only… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
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