Can't stop Hip Hop running through these veins it's what my soul need and its the rhythm of my heartbeat. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How far must you go to gain respect? Um... Well, it's kind of simple: just remain your own. Or you'll be crazy… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
If I wasn't involved in this hip-hop sh*t, I'd probably be breakin' the law to eat and feed my family and maintain… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
The basic idea of a hero rising up to represent an oppressed or disenfranchised group of people is as true to hip-hop… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
I've been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That… — Ab-Soul 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
In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
Locally lived hip-hop culture that is giving many of America's youth the tool they need to survive and thrive in America, in… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Whether chocolate or vanilla, or you're somewhere in between, A cappuccino mocha or a caramel queen, Rejected by the black, not accepted… — MURS Copy Share Image
My goal in this music business is to be here as long as I'm alive. I want my music to be here.… — Petey Pablo Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
It's no doubt that there's a connection (between the blues and hip-hop). Hip-hop is definitely a child of the blues. And I… — Common Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
Hip-hop definitely saved my life. Being able to write about the things I was doing, the things I was seein' and all… — Joell Ortiz Copy Share Image
When I started, I was 23 years old directing my own music videos; I'm co-producing on my album; I'm hands-on with everything.… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as Christian rap and secular rap. Only people can become Christians. Music can't accept Jesus into its… — Lecrae Moore Copy Share Image
Being in this game if you are gonna sell drugs and make records too then as many records you make is gonna… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend! — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for hip-hop, when an artist reaches a certain level, to ascend to executive work. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare. Jesus Christ the King of these Latter Day Saints here — Eminem Copy Share Image
When I first got to Los Angeles, hip-hop music was a scary thing not only to white America but to middle-class black… — The D.O.C Copy Share Image
I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to R&B all day. Give me some… — Ryan Guzman Copy Share Image
The moment I made that decision to get in the studio and actually work and study the culture of hip-hop, then everything… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I've been listening to Herbie Hancock forever. He's gone through so many transitions, even before bringing hip-hop to the forefront with 'Rockit'… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Hip-hop at its zenith insists on thinking and dancing simultaneously. In fact, it sees them as synonymous. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
If you're crying under fire, then you wasn't built for war. If a pimp took your girl, then your girl was never… — MF Grimm Copy Share Image
I'm a monster, I'm a maven, I know this world is changin'. Never gave in, never gave up, I'm the only thing… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I want to keep the same kinda vibe where we've got the dance element and hip-hop. I'm going to be singing a… — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
The sunset looks beautiful over the projects... What a shame, it ain't the same where we stand at. If you look close,… — Prodigy 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
Hip-hop has always been about keeping it authentic and being authentically you. That is what I try to do in my music… — Andy Mineo Copy Share Image
I know the game is crazy, its more crazy than its ever been, im married to that crazy b*tch call me kevin… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
I was raised on African music, Harry Belafonte, and the Boston Pops. Then I got a dose of soul and hip-hop. I… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
Dont call me a rapper, I’m an artist. Update your minds. I ‘INCORPORATE’ hip hop elements because I am part MC, but… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
Sky is the limit and you know that you keep on, Just keep on pressin on. Sky is the limit and you… — The Notorious B.I.G Copy Share Image
Your best work involves timing. If someone wrote the best hip hop song of all time in the Middle Ages, he had… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
The problem is, authentic hip-hop culture is street culture. And so you've got middle-class blacks really emulating the norms of the South… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
We've just been nostalgic about old-school hip hop, listening to it at home and looking at people like Slick Rick and all… — Yoon Ahn Copy Share Image
Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
I said, 'Hey', she said, 'Hi.' I said, 'Us', she said, 'Try,' 'And if you're thinkin strictly boots, then I'll say baby,… — Dres Copy Share Image
