What really got me into hip hop was like, Biggie, Nas, Big Daddy Kane. — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy. — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
The music industry needs a TV outlet for hip-hop fans and artists. — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
I wake up hip-hop, Go to sleep hip-hop, Dream 'bout hip-hop, 'Cause I AM HIP-HOP. — Joell Ortiz Copy Share Image
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. — Pitbull Copy Share Image
I love Bruce Springsteen's writing, but I grew up on '90s hip hop, like Tribe Called Quest. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
This country of ours was built on violence; If your ass got in the way, you was killed in silence. And these… — Masta Ace Copy Share Image
I like Maroon 5, Cold Play. Snow Patrol from Ireland is very good. Adele is wonderful. I enjoy a new singer named… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game. — Nas Copy Share Image
Never become so involved with something that it blinds you. Never forget where you from; someone will remind you. — DMX Copy Share Image
The 808 kick drum makes the girlies get dumb, We're rollin' Rainier, and the jealous wanna get some. Every time we do… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop has always been political because this is a community that doesn't have any other choice. — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
We were basically making Spanish songs for the people that loved Hip Hop already but that knew Spanish because at that time,… — B-Real Copy Share Image
Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When I became older and started to become more in tune with my political leanings, there was a disconnect between the feminist… — Zoe Buckman Copy Share Image
At, like, 11, I think, that was just me watching a lot of YouTube videos, and I whenever I had the chance,… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
I'm caught up in the system where the blind lead the blind And this artist only speaks on the Signs of the… — Beanie Sigel 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
If you're a real hip-hop fan and a real street music fan, and you just love good music, you're gonna play it… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music,… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. The reason I was able to listen… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
Rappin bout blunts and broads, Tits and bras, ménage à trois, sex in expensive cars... — The Notorious B.I.G Copy Share Image
Mix me with violence, blend me with peace, Combine me with hate, and I can't face defeat. — Puff Daddy Copy Share Image
The ties between the Obama White House and the hip-hop community are genuine. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Ben Horowitz, he's the guy. He's really big into hip-hop, and he's a brainiac. — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
It's hot on my block, somebody turn the fan on I've been paid, I'm just tryin to turn my mans on. — Slim Thug Copy Share Image
Food for thought, eat my words with your mind: Emcees are grapes, and grapes are crushed to wine. — MF Grimm Copy Share Image
Don't ask for a cig' - I'm so self-centered, I won't even share this cancer. — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
I smoke on the mic like Smokin' Joe Frazier, The hell raiser, raisin' hell with the flavor. — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
They say you're nobody til somebody kills you But where I'm from you're nobody til you kill somebody — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
I'm like Demerol... No disrespect to the Jacksons, but I kill mics. — Cyhi the Prynce Copy Share Image
