The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
Coming from, like, mariachi music into hip-hop - it's not like I was raised around a bunch of rappers, you know? — Snow Tha Product Copy Share Image
I'm expressin' with my full capabilities, And now I'm livin in correctional facilities. Cause some don't agree with how I do this,… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
I've always loved hip-hop, since I was a kid, that's the music that I loved. I think everyone of our generation kind… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
As I turned around to receive my injection, I said, 'Next time I'll use some protection.' If I see another girl and… — Kool Moe Dee Copy Share Image
I think I'm like the kid who loved hip hop, and all of a sudden - I don't know what it was… — Angie Martinez Copy Share Image
I think when hip hop first started, people were open to it, and groups like Public Enemy and there was groups like… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
If we can sell out a venue that's just as big as this in Omaha, if we can sell out DePaul in… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it's futile. The reality is there's criticism for everything, but Jay-Z is one of… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan was an actor. Not at all a factor, Just an employee of the country's real masters. Just like the Bushes,… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, I was pretty drawn to hip-hop beats wrapped together with super-good lyrics. The most important thing… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
We put out real hip-hop at a time when it was turning into pop or R&B ... We brought the focus back… — RZA Copy Share Image
All I see is sissies in magazines smiling... Whatever happened to wildin' out and being violent? Whatever happened to catching a good,… — Eminem Copy Share Image
The military ain't there for the people's protection, They're just there to protect an investment. That's why people get arrested, electrocuted, molested,… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
Ghostface, when it comes to hip-hop, was one of my favorite rappers and definitely one of my favorites in the Wu-Tang. He's… — No I.D Copy Share Image
My mom used to always play hip-hop around the crib, but moreso than that, she played reggae, and I grew up on… — Young M.A 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
You definitely will not hear any hip hop at my show. Not that I don't think there's an art to that, but… — Lorrie Morgan Copy Share Image
How did I end up right here wit you after all the things that I been through. It's been one of those… — Drake Copy Share Image
I like golden-era hip-hop because they were recording on a 2-inch tape. There was dirty, raw sampling. It's nasty. It has a… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my… — Sia Copy Share Image
Hip-hop basically controls the world through fashion, through music, through language, through culture. It's basically running the world, no matter what anyone… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up… — DMX Copy Share Image
I have to think 30 times before I do or say anything because I'm representing a whole race to the world in… — Nav Copy Share Image
We've been in the game for so long, it's great to be honored for our contributions to the game of hip-hop and… — Pepa Copy Share Image
I like songs in all different genres and types. My production and songwriting is everything from pop rock to hip-hop and everything… — Alex Clare Copy Share Image
Boy lift it up, lets make a toasta Lets get drunk, its gon bring us closa Don't I look like a HalleBerry… — Missy Elliot Copy Share Image
Love comes in every color, but the fact is... I never needed 50 Shades of Grey, Just turn the lights down low… — Phonte Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies… — Nicki Minaj 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
To its credit, hip-hop is my favorite genre, to this day, and it's hard not to be influenced by the culture and… — Miguel Copy Share Image
I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues. — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
