I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
My father very early on had both short and long-term strategies in his approach to raising his children, so my father was… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I was raised with opera and very white-bread folk music like The Kingston Trio. That was about as daring as it got.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Don't clock anybody, let them all clock you, Don't be down with anybody, let them all be down with you. Stay self-managed,… — Heavy D Copy Share Image
This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I like hip-hop personally. It is a genre I am very attached to and have been listening to all my life. But… — Zoya Akhtar Copy Share Image
God damn! Drug dealers dealin' to the kiddies, Livin' in the city ain't no pity on the itty-bitty. We try to cry,… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
The music that I listen to on set really varies. When I need lots of energy and I'm dying down towards the… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I'm usually homeboys with the same niggas I'm rhymin' wit. But this is hip hop and them niggas should know what time… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people's political and social consciousness. But just as with any… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Just take me home where the mood is mellow And the roses are grown M&M's are yellow And the light bulbs around… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. It's strange that the only… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Barriers have been broken: rappers are singing, and singers are rapping. You might catch a rapper on a rock song, a pop… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
If you take a guy like a Barack Obama, who's raised millions of dollars from the most donors in the history of… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are… — Manika Copy Share Image
It's like I'm married to the silencer, Until I file for divorce and release my ex-calibers. Do art with your arteries, place… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
You were sorta punk rock, I grew up on hip hop but you fit me better than my favourite sweater, and I… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they… — Eve Copy Share Image
There's no major label in the world that would have let me make video game music, then conscious hip hop. They want… — Raheem Jarbo Copy Share Image
I love beats that are hardcore, dirty and raw. I love takin niggas burners when they scared to draw. I love plottin… — Bumpy Knuckles Copy Share Image
I come from hip hop for sure, and there are basic elements of that, but then I'll take from somewhere else, like… — Kaytranada Copy Share Image
Nellie's brow furrowed. "The great Mr. Hip-Hop Mogul standing in line with the common peasants? How do you figure that?" Dan grinned.… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
He [Chris Martin] can't have background music on. It has to be 100 percent of his attention. But if he isn't at… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
They say that love is powerful as cough syrup and Styrofoam. All I know is I fell asleep and woke up in… — Eminem Copy Share Image
In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Reggae was always a passion of mine. I used to say in interviews that I would love to do a reggae album.… — Heavy D Copy Share Image
My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons… — GRiZ Copy Share Image
Most of don't really understand how the underdog mind oporatesK.M.G Wise Am the one that speak's in riddles and later its qouted… — Syntific Copy Share Image
Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm… — A Boogie wit da Hoodie Copy Share Image
'Nothin' on You' by B.o.B was the first song where I heard myself on the radio. I'd been trying my whole career… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
If Kanye was not in the equation, I literally wouldn't even be here. His music pushed hip-hop - the man is a… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong - we love our hip-hop, but in its own context. Rap has no place in our music. Is… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
What is American education? What should our students be taught? Is hip-hop something that is worthwhile and useful for students to learn?… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is such an amazing thing that kids still want to do it. They're not saying, "Ugh, that's the old people's music."… — Nas Copy Share Image
I'm your idol, the highest title, Numero Uno, I'm not a Puerto Rican, but I'm speakin so that you know, And understand,… — Special Ed Copy Share Image
Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal.… — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
A lot of people always see the EDM DJs as button pushers, especially when deadmau5 came up with that term. Well actually… — Hardwell Copy Share Image
My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see the dance… — Deborah Cox Copy Share Image
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