The cops drive by to do some more good deeds A young black male spits a sunflower seed in the air. — Dred Scott Copy Share Image
There's a heavy hip-hop influence in my music, some trap influence, but it's always lyrical. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I love pop music just as much as I like rap music, or ill-ass hip-hop music, or rock music. — Donnis Copy Share Image
I can drink a whole Hennessy fifth. Some call that a problem, but I call it a gift. — Xzibit Copy Share Image
My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Most rappers these days is actors, And I can't keep watching the same movie. — Mick Jenkins Copy Share Image
Would you rather have a Lexus or justice? A dream or some substance? A Beamer, a necklace, or freedom? — Dead Prez Copy Share Image
People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff. — Houston Alexander Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
I know you don't wanna hear my opinion, There come many paths and you must choose one. And if you don't change… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
“We'd taken up our positions on the benches between the school hall and a newly-installed outdoor basketball court. Being hip-hoppers, we were… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
I keep my music heartfelt and stick to making real music. I wouldn't even say it's hip-hop music. My music is 'reality… — Boosie Copy Share Image
I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny. Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the… — Rakim 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
People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
When I started to make music at the end of the '90s, I saw myself highly influenced by hip-hop and techno, but… — Steven Sater Copy Share Image
I'm a hip-hop head, but hip-hop actually introduced me to other genres of music because I started to wonder where a lot… — Lil Rel Howery Copy Share Image
If you keep eating McDonald's, you gonna get sick. You need a real home-cooked meal. And I knew that that would be… — Rza 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
I grew up in my neighborhood with salsa, of course bachata, but also hip-hop, Nirvana - it was just like a mixed… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
You think that you can hide; you think you can lay low? I'll roll up on your ass like Hawaii 5-0! — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft? They corny ass raps be makin me doze off. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
My sound is a mix between pop, hip-hop, and R&B. It's a good collaborative effort of all three. — Bazzi Copy Share Image
Let bygones be bygones...but where I'm from, We buy guns and more guns, to give to the young. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I don't really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I'm like an old person. — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
If you wanna look good and not be bummy, girl you better give me that money Aooow... — Ol' Dirty Bastard Copy Share Image
There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
My favorite hip hop album would be the 'Miseducation of Lauren Hill.' — Carmen Carrera Copy Share Image
I need to slow down moving through life at a high speed, watching all the slow runners pass by me. — Mobb Deep Copy Share Image
To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it. — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
