--- title: "14 Hips Quotes By Ice T" description: "14 Hips quotes by Ice T. Plus more from Ice T and more Hips sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ice-t-2150_cat_as-long-as-i-m-around-the-cats-in-the-hi_2311018.jpg" --- > [As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/as-long-as-i-m-around-the-cats-in-the-hip-hop-scene-they-ll-throw-me/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ice-t-2150_cat_as-long-as-i-m-around-the-cats-in-the-hi_2311018.jpg) > [Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/ultimately-i-am-happy-that-everybody-is-embracing-hip-hop-and-the/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/ice-t-2150_hip-hop_ultimately-i-am-happy-that-everybody-is_1841207.jpg) > [Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/hip-hop-is-a-competition-culture-it-s-based-around-my-dj-is-better/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/ice-t-2150_art_hip-hop-is-a-competition-culture-it-s-ba_1088640.jpg) > [Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/everyone-who-raps-isn-t-hip-hop-to-be-hip-hop-you-ve-got-to-know-the/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/ice-t-2150_culture_everyone-who-raps-isn-t-hip-hop-to-be-hi_798545.jpg) > [Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/rapping-is-a-vocal-delivery-so-you-can-do-it-without-being-part-of/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/ice-t-2150_can-do_rapping-is-a-vocal-delivery-so-you-can-d_800575.jpg) > [I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-think-when-people-say-real-hip-hop-they-want-it-more-buried-in-the/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/ice-t-2150_buried_i-think-when-people-say-real-hip-hop-the_2412770.jpg) > [I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-m-just-disillusioned-with-the-hip-hop-sound-right-now-it-s-too/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/ice-t-2150_any_i-m-just-disillusioned-with-the-hip-hop_264733.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/hip-hop-is-the-fountain-of-youth-you-just-don-t-grow-up-if-you-were/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/ice-t-2150_clothes_hip-hop-is-the-fountain-of-youth-you-jus_1102615.jpg) > [I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. Finally, I was just looking at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-always-knew-that-i-had-to-direct-that-was-something-i-d-wanted-to/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/ice-t-2150_art_i-always-knew-that-i-had-to-direct-that_2192257.jpg) > [You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/you-have-the-core-hip-hop-which-would-just-be-beats-and-breaks-more/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ice-t-2150_beats_you-have-the-core-hip-hop-which-would-ju_2133135.jpg) > [The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/the-trick-with-hip-hop-hip-hop-is-a-sport-the-only-music-that-s/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/ice-t-2150_better-than-you_the-trick-with-hip-hop-hip-hop-is-a-spor_468921.jpg) > [I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-think-that-a-rap-aficionado-the-hardcore-rap-fan-will-always-go/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/ice-t-2150_art_i-think-that-a-rap-aficionado-the-hardco_362767.jpg) > [It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/it-s-just-that-when-you-heard-hip-hop-no-matter-where-you-were-it-was/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/ice-t-2150_artist_it-s-just-that-when-you-heard-hip-hop-no_2156832.jpg) > [What's bad for the culture is wack rappers that get held in high regard like they're some great thing because it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/what-s-bad-for-the-culture-is-wack-rappers-that-get-held-in-high/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/ice-t-2150_culture_what-s-bad-for-the-culture-is-wack-rappe_2760405.jpg) ## Other authors on Hips ## More by Ice T > [You know, you'd hide behind a Public Enemy or Ice Cube, or Bruce Springsteen, or U2, because they spoke for you. But now everybody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/you-know-you-d-hide-behind-a-public-enemy-or-ice-cube-or-bruce/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [I'm not going to allow anybody to hold a badge up over me or a cross or any other power symbol and say I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-m-not-going-to-allow-anybody-to-hold-a-badge-up-over-me-or-a-cross/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/when-i-make-records-i-have-full-control-of-everything-and-i-know-how/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [I've got a phone, answer machine, TV set, computer, hand grenade - everything you need to run a business in Los Angeles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-ve-got-a-phone-answer-machine-tv-set-computer-hand-grenade/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/yeah-it-s-legal-in-the-united-states-it-s-part-of-our-constitution/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [Every once in a while, I hear somebody call me Tracy to try to let me know that they know me, you know, personally.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/every-once-in-a-while-i-hear-somebody-call-me-tracy-to-try-to-let-me/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [“This next record is dedicated to some personal friends of mine, the LAPD. For every cop that has ever taken advantage of somebody, beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/this-next-record-is-dedicated-to-some-personal-friends-of-mine-the/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [There's people out there with nuclear bombs and yet we've got all these politicians trying to make a political platform based on a record.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/there-s-people-out-there-with-nuclear-bombs-and-yet-we-ve-got-all/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [Arnold Schwarzenegger blew away dozens of cops as the Terminator. But I don't hear anybody complaining about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/arnold-schwarzenegger-blew-away-dozens-of-cops-as-the-terminator-but/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [I've never been a cop hater. You know, when I was breaking the law, the cops were the opponent. I just thought I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-ve-never-been-a-cop-hater-you-know-when-i-was-breaking-the-law-the/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-m-like-a-monkey-you-don-t-let-go-of-one-branch-until-you-get-a-hold/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [Truthfully, a weak rapper can hide behind a lot of production.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/truthfully-a-weak-rapper-can-hide-behind-a-lot-of-production/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [I've been pulled out of my nice new car and laid out in the street by the police, interrogated and then have them get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-ve-been-pulled-out-of-my-nice-new-car-and-laid-out-in-the-street-by/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [Being in the military just lets you know how helpless you are. You could train forever but you're still at the mercy of someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/being-in-the-military-just-lets-you-know-how-helpless-you-are-you/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) > [My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/my-father-s-family-came-from-virginia-and-philadelphia-he-wasn-t-a/) [Ice T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-t/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hips/ice-t/#itemlist", "name": "14 Hips Quotes By Ice T", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ice T" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/as-long-as-i-m-around-the-cats-in-the-hip-hop-scene-they-ll-throw-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ice-t-2150_cat_as-long-as-i-m-around-the-cats-in-the-hi_2311018.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ice-t-2150_cat_as-long-as-i-m-around-the-cats-in-the-hi_2311018.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/ice-t-2150_cat_as-long-as-i-m-around-the-cats-in-the-hi_2311018.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it.” — Ice T", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ice T" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/ultimately-i-am-happy-that-everybody-is-embracing-hip-hop-and-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/ice-t-2150_hip-hop_ultimately-i-am-happy-that-everybody-is_1841207.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/ice-t-2150_hip-hop_ultimately-i-am-happy-that-everybody-is_1841207.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/ice-t-2150_hip-hop_ultimately-i-am-happy-that-everybody-is_1841207.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.” — Ice T", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hip-hop is a competition culture. 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I'm on the same channel he's on. We wear the same clothes, we feel the same thing. It's a weird, weird generation we're in right now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ice T" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/hip-hop-is-the-fountain-of-youth-you-just-don-t-grow-up-if-you-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/ice-t-2150_clothes_hip-hop-is-the-fountain-of-youth-you-jus_1102615.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/ice-t-2150_clothes_hip-hop-is-the-fountain-of-youth-you-jus_1102615.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/ice-t-2150_clothes_hip-hop-is-the-fountain-of-youth-you-jus_1102615.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hip-hop is the fountain of youth. You just don't grow up if you were there. My son's 20. 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Finally, I was just looking at the situation and I said, \"I wanna document hip-hop, as an art form, seeing how a lot of people don't take it seriously.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ice T" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-always-knew-that-i-had-to-direct-that-was-something-i-d-wanted-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/ice-t-2150_art_i-always-knew-that-i-had-to-direct-that_2192257.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/ice-t-2150_art_i-always-knew-that-i-had-to-direct-that_2192257.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/ice-t-2150_art_i-always-knew-that-i-had-to-direct-that_2192257.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. 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But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ice T" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/you-have-the-core-hip-hop-which-would-just-be-beats-and-breaks-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ice-t-2150_beats_you-have-the-core-hip-hop-which-would-ju_2133135.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ice-t-2150_beats_you-have-the-core-hip-hop-which-would-ju_2133135.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ice-t-2150_beats_you-have-the-core-hip-hop-which-would-ju_2133135.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ…” — Ice T", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, \"My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you.\" It's very competitive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ice T" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/the-trick-with-hip-hop-hip-hop-is-a-sport-the-only-music-that-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/ice-t-2150_better-than-you_the-trick-with-hip-hop-hip-hop-is-a-spor_468921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/ice-t-2150_better-than-you_the-trick-with-hip-hop-hip-hop-is-a-spor_468921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/ice-t-2150_better-than-you_the-trick-with-hip-hop-hip-hop-is-a-spor_468921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. 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You gotta kind of know there's always going to be that purist who's going to be like if it ain't beats and rhymes, if there ain't a DJ, then that ain't Hip Hop.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ice T" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-t/i-think-that-a-rap-aficionado-the-hardcore-rap-fan-will-always-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/ice-t-2150_art_i-think-that-a-rap-aficionado-the-hardco_362767.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/ice-t-2150_art_i-think-that-a-rap-aficionado-the-hardco_362767.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/ice-t-2150_art_i-think-that-a-rap-aficionado-the-hardco_362767.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a…” — Ice T", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try to be part of it. 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