Hip-hop basically controls the world through fashion, through music, through language, through culture. It's basically running the world, no matter what anyone… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
...I've never had a dream in my life, Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued. I knew… — Aesop Rock 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… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
We live in a society created by an empire That's based on terror...welcome to the One World Era, A complete interruption to… — Coolio Copy Share Image
They claim we're products from the bottom of Hell, But the black is back, and it's bound to sell. Picture us coolin'… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
Why do you do smoky makeup, why do you try to act pretty on broadcast, etc. For hip-hop where purity is important… — Kim Nam-joon Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop videos. It was not meant as disrespect. I used to watch those videos and think, "Are these guys kidding?… — Chris Cunningham Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't… — Ice T Copy Share Image
My dad had a couple guitars around, but he never played guitar. He just liked having them. I always would play around… — Everlast Copy Share Image
In hip-hop, what you have is you have a lot of formulaic-type bands or rappers that come up. They saw something on… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
I had danced with Janet Jackson and P. Diddy so I had done a bunch of hip hop. Really and truly my… — Jenna Dewan Copy Share Image
There's rock n' roll in hip-hop, there's rock n' roll in pop music, there's rock n' roll in soul, there's rock n'… — John Varvatos Copy Share Image
I respect everything H3 has already accomplished and respect everything he's trying to get done. We're building a real HOME for the… — Juelz Santana Copy Share Image
I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I like somebody I can consider edgy, because, I also find that when people see me; the first thing they might think… — Jlin Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
I drop styles on ears...the public bite 'em. Not many went to school, so the dummies wouldn't write 'em. They say, "Yo… — Kool Keith Copy Share Image
Why is the world round? Why do the suckas bite? Why do the freaks come out at night? Why they paint Jesus… — Lee Majors Copy Share Image
In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the… — Brian Austin Green Copy Share Image
It was very important, and I felt like music ran through my blood lines, with my father being a deejay and teaching… — Pete Rock Copy Share Image
One of the things that makes me most happy about music is that I can look at a picture and see Da… — Lil Mama Copy Share Image
I despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is an idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I don't think it's very difficult to bring a virginal, angst-ridden, hip-hop grunting white boy to the screen. Not that I have… — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the… — Nas Copy Share Image
My son plays football so I coach a couple of his teams. My youngest son just started playing last year and I… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York, there are a lot of tenement buildings and a lot of projects. You don't leave your projects… — Rza Copy Share Image
In 1977, hip-hop literally wasn't outside the boroughs. But I was profoundly aware of the city through films like Saturday Night Fever,… — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
“This kid was writing saying that they were breaking down some of the racial lines in their towns and communities, because their… — Michael Holman Copy Share Image
I don't understand why people make me want to make music that's a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
No Malcom X in my history text, why is that? 'Cause he tried to educate and liberate all blacks. Why is Martin… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I wanted to do is kind of invoke that and then dive into that kind of repetition as a DJ thing because… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took… — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are used to that and they… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
And when I smiled, 'Bing!' I almost blinded her. She said, 'Great Scot, are you a thief? Seems like you have a… — Slick Rick Copy Share Image
I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift:… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very… — Ice T Copy Share Image
