I ain't calling me God. I'm just doing my part on where I think hip hop should go. I think hip hop… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Don't do this ageism thing in Hip Hop. Don't be an OG and tell me these young, rich cats ain't doing it… — Too Short Copy Share Image
Your new CD is a weed plate, nothin' but love songs, 100% pure garbage, just something to break up buds on. — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it. — Fred Durst Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is ever changing but you'll always have the pack. And you'll always have those people who are separated from the pack. — Eminem Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to… — Saul Williams 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
I've always been adventurous - my wife calls me 'the Hip Hop Crocodile Hunter' - if you can survive in the hood,… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
The poor get worked, the rich get richer, The world gets worse, do you get the picture? The poor gets dead, the… — J-Live Copy Share Image
I think people in the hip hop culture really just care about who has the bars. I'm sure there are people, who… — Rapsody Copy Share Image
A lot of times when people listen to music it's because they feel down, and that's when serious hip-hop comes into play.… — Rakim Copy Share Image
That's probably the key to our success and our longevity, sticking to our formula and what we do best, the hardcore Mobb… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I love hip hop music and would do anything to help the culture blow up in China because it's been so underground.… — Kris Wu Copy Share Image
If you don't got endz, you won't be gettin' no skinz, And if you don't got money, you won't scoop a honey.… — Big L Copy Share Image
Sawed off shotgun, hand on the pump Left hand on a forty, puffin' on a blunt Pumped my shotgun, niggas didn't jump...… — B-Real Copy Share Image
...The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th. God bless his soul, rest in peace, kid. It's because of him… — Canibus Copy Share Image
He doesn't even suit ya, and he's surely not your size, I'm surprised that you slept on a heart that's worldwide. — Slimkid3 Copy Share Image
Original hip hop manipulated technologies of all sorts; it was not manipulated by the technology itself. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
We fought like brothers, somethin we never should should do. We could've used time spent arguin tellin the truth. — Dr Dre Copy Share Image
Everybody's not always open to everything. People have biased feelings about certain things, especially in the hip-hop world. The hip-hop world hates… — Fabolous 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
I've always thought of modeling as a performance, so I don't mind kind of pretending. I kind of pretend in a lot… — Coco Rocha Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a complex music and culture that has been reduced to a one-dimensional critique. Hip-hop's messages aren't all bad. Neither are… — Bakari Kitwana 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
I'm not the one to pat myself on the back or even need somebody else to give me credit, but I listen… — Too Short Copy Share Image
I know a lot of mainstream hip-hop people, have been listening to things like Aphex Twin for years. When somebody first played… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
A lot of rappers nowadays will say they don't listen to anybody, but I like to hear what's going on. I don't… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
My mum and dad used to listen to a lot of R&B and soul, so this was the way I grew up.… — Kevin-Prince Boateng Copy Share Image
I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was… — Estelle Copy Share Image
And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Soup's on and I got a coupon. Chinese restaurant asking for the Grey Poupon. He said "No, duck sauce, soy sauce... And… — Daniel Dumile Copy Share Image
The early '90s was the best time for hip-hop. The Cube's, the Snoop's, the Dre's - that was a golden time with… — DJ Yella Copy Share Image
Oh am I late? No, I already graduated And you can live through anything if Magic made it They say I talk… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I kinda gave my childhood to hip-hop, literally. I didn't go to parties in high school. All I did - well, I… — Statik Selektah Copy Share Image
I love pop music... some hip hop... not super big into rap, but I love Rihanna. I love Alicia Keys. Rihanna was… — Gracie Gold Copy Share Image
All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an… — Gza Copy Share Image
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