I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want… — Nas 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
I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition. — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
The hip-hop that I really connected with was Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice Cube, and N.W.A. That late '80s and early '90s era.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
My sister Suga Tee is doing conscious rap. She speaks to the youth. She has an album coming out soon. She got… — E-40 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… — 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 look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
We have to remember examples of many artists of conscious rap who have been coopted by the Department of State of the… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
