What is important to me, is to make a girl look better. To really make the most of all her womanly wiles.… — Byron Lars Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something… — Nas Copy Share Image
I've always done music to push people to get them to get uncomfortable in their seat so they could wrestle with things.… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I put the truth out there, I put the historical facts into Hip Hop to show us how much history repeats itself… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
New York has changed a whole lot. For worse I think because back when I was growing up in New York we… — Phife Dawg Copy Share Image
Revolution ain't nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature. So when old folks tell me that they… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
Whats the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids heads? Taking someone elses girl, which is… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. Finally, I was just looking at the… — Ice T Copy Share Image
It's basically me saying to the industry that I won't work within the walls in hip-hop. I want to put a twist… — SonReal Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is the fountain of youth. You just don't grow up if you were there. My son's 20. I'm on the same… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as old. Obviously I am - I have a free bus pass, I'm going to be a… — Roger Lloyd-Pack Copy Share Image
I did have reconstructive plastic surgery and a tummy tuck. And from hip to hip, there's a very big scar. It looks… — Carnie Wilson Copy Share Image
I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money,… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I'm no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn't stopped there... And touring… — Steve Perry Copy Share Image
It's the repetitive thing that brings space. That's one of the things I love secretly about hip-hop. Jazz doesn't have that element.… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Hip-hop had become overly aspirational and shiny, full of vivid technicolors. Cosmetic fronting was not part of the ethos of our get… — Lyor Cohen Copy Share Image
I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took off, it was the center of my focus. A… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hip-hop in a lot of ways is like sports; when you go to a sports game, you see people from all ages,… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I do not believe God is responsible for my sins, some people may. But I believe that my own weaknesses are father-filtered… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Coming up, you [got new] sneakers and you had to run outside to make sure everyone saw. It was on display. That's… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
As minorities, it is always our dream to merge our cultures and showcase to the world the talent that comes from both… — Emilio Estefan Copy Share Image
Justin Broadrick has stated that the drum machine sound was heavily influenced by hip hop artists in the late 80s, particularly the… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
They dream of men with gentle hands, eloquent with tenderness, fingers that brushed along a cheek, that outlined open lips in the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of crazy stuff like pop, techno, rock, hip-hop, rap, baladas, bachata...my iPod is crazy. I like listening… — Prince Royce Copy Share Image
Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture.… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
When I fell in love with hip-hop, there was a terminology at the time called "battling." All that was just battling with… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't think it's very difficult to bring a virginal, angst-ridden, hip-hop grunting white boy to the screen. Not that I have… — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I had Ice Cube on my first album, "Bunker," and then I did a remix for Snoop Dogg. I've worked with Grandmaster… — Paul Oakenfold Copy Share Image
I grew up in the suburbs, and I listened to hip-hop for the right reasons, which was to understand a culture that… — Jensen Karp Copy Share Image
November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world,… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
We live in a society that refuses to set a standard for what we will allow American entertainment to expose to our… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
![“They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military. The Army says it will give out Hummers, platinum teeth, or whatever to those that actually join.” quote by Chuck D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a71/chuck-d-2065_administration_they-us-administration-have-exploited-hi_132215.jpg)
![“Coming up, you [got new] sneakers and you had to run outside to make sure everyone saw. It was on display. That's just part of Hip Hop culture, part of the competitive spirit of Hip Hop. This is not new, I don't believe it's new.” quote by Pusha T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/502/pusha-t-4455_believe_coming-up-you-got-new-sneakers-and-you-h_681159.jpg)
![“I had Ice Cube on my first album, "Bunker," and then I did a remix for Snoop Dogg. I've worked with Grandmaster Flash and Pharrell. It's a different work process and there's a different take with how you produce [hip-hop].” quote by Paul Oakenfold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ac4/paul-oakenfold-24516_albums_i-had-ice-cube-on-my-first-album-bunker_2344188.jpg)
