Hate is indeed self-destructive, and this is what real Hip Hop must avoid at all cost. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
No one ever really talks about the punk-rock involvement in hip-hop, which influenced Afrika Bambaata. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level, But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop. — 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
Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I am the manifestation of study, NOT the manifestation of money. Therefore, I advance through thought, NOT what's manufactured and bought. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers, Wannabe MC's, but really good triers, Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored, A… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip Hop is an extension of our very being, and so the study of Hip Hop is the study of self-expression leading… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
There's a Universe Instrument, where we apply Hip-Hop to astronomy, and we flush out the chemistry of Hip-Hop. We also flushed out… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I do have a desire to bring a spiritual tone to the hip-hop community, which may force me to open a facility… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Many of us were raised without a father, and the subject of deadbeat dads hits home in a lot of areas. Most… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
When we say, 'Look, Donald Trump was a friend to hip hop back in the day; so was Bill Clinton,' It doesn't… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I have to put a business model together because certain businesses are approaching me as a legend, as if I'm on my… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Do you ever think about when you outta here? Record deal and video, outta here!? Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!? — 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
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
My theory is that hip-hop is the most advanced version of civilisation on earth, and we are here to usher the rest… — 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… — 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
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
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
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
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
“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
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved. — KRS-One Copy Share
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
I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle — KRS-One Copy Share
I honestly now know that I'm the physical embodiment of hip-hop on earth. That's my only purpose here on earth is to keep the… — KRS-One Copy Share
If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS has introduced… — KRS-One Copy Share
