--- title: "8 Hips Quotes By Michael Rapaport" description: "8 Hips quotes by Michael Rapaport. Plus more from Michael Rapaport and more Hips sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/michael-rapaport-15729_black_socially-hip-hop-has-done-more-for-racia_742316.jpg" --- > [Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/socially-hip-hop-has-done-more-for-racial-camaraderie-in-this-country/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/michael-rapaport-15729_black_socially-hip-hop-has-done-more-for-racia_742316.jpg) > [Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/right-now-i-m-taking-a-break-from-hip-hop-documentaries-but-i-would/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/michael-rapaport-15729_break_right-now-i-m-taking-a-break-from-hip-ho_1074300.png) > [I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/i-grew-up-in-new-york-city-in-the-80s-and-it-was-the-epicenter-of-hip/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/michael-rapaport-15729_80s_i-grew-up-in-new-york-city-in-the-80s-an_1717154.png) > [But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/but-it-all-came-and-for-me-hip-hop-has-done-more-for-racial-divide/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/michael-rapaport-15729_aspect_but-it-all-came-and-for-me-hip-hop-has-d_1858827.png) > [Being No. 1. It's talked about all of the time in hip-hop. 'I'm still No. 1! I'm the best! I'm the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/being-no-1-it-s-talked-about-all-of-the-time-in-hip-hop-i-m-still-no/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/michael-rapaport-15729_all-time_being-no-1-it-s-talked-about-all-of-the_2148075.png) > [So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/so-to-compare-the-beatles-obviously-the-beatles-are-the-beatles-but/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/michael-rapaport-15729_big-daddy_so-to-compare-the-beatles-obviously-the_2319097.jpg) > [The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/the-effect-hip-hop-had-on-me-was-enormous-i-was-exposed-to-it-by/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6de/michael-rapaport-15729_cities_the-effect-hip-hop-had-on-me-was-enormou_2639996.png) > [I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/i-heard-q-tip-on-the-jungle-brothers-song-the-promo-it-was-very/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/michael-rapaport-15729_adventure_i-heard-q-tip-on-the-jungle-brothers-son_2747978.png) ## Other authors on Hips ## More by Michael Rapaport > [I'm a New York person. I've never gone out of the way to speak to the press to change my persona - I probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/i-m-a-new-york-person-i-ve-never-gone-out-of-the-way-to-speak-to-the/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [Like any family, like any group - the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, EPMD, Public Enemy - they've had bumps in the road. I just think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/like-any-family-like-any-group-the-beatles-led-zeppelin-epmd-public/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [I love doing things that are titillating. I think race can be very funny, and I think I'm very comfortable discussing it and bringing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/i-love-doing-things-that-are-titillating-i-think-race-can-be-very/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [At the end of the day, my sole goal, when I go into any scene, is to try to be as honest as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/at-the-end-of-the-day-my-sole-goal-when-i-go-into-any-scene-is-to-try/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [To be able to play somebody that says and does pretty much whatever he wants is great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/to-be-able-to-play-somebody-that-says-and-does-pretty-much-whatever/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/being-a-good-rapper-is-hard-to-do-i-m-a-good-rapaport-but-that-s/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [I see these other actors come up with this tough-guy personas and now when they're on talk shows they're all... But that's not really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/i-see-these-other-actors-come-up-with-this-tough-guy-personas-and-now/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [Were there certain things that I didn't feel were dignified enough to make it into the movie? Yeah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/were-there-certain-things-that-i-didn-t-feel-were-dignified-enough-to/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking Jack and Coke all morning. She can make you feel high full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/a-beautiful-girl-can-make-you-dizzy-like-you-ve-been-drinking-jack/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [If my son was an actor I would tell him, "Don't let people know as much about you as I let people know about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/if-my-son-was-an-actor-i-would-tell-him-don-t-let-people-know-as-much/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [Sometimes you know about a job four months in advance. Sometimes you know about a job four days in advance. It's all different, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/sometimes-you-know-about-a-job-four-months-in-advance-sometimes-you/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids - everyone under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/socially-hip-hop-has-done-more-for-racial-camaraderie-in-this-country/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/when-i-was-a-kid-my-first-favorite-song-was-probably-lou-reed-s-walk/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [Honestly, I'm not listening to much of what's going on today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/honestly-i-m-not-listening-to-much-of-what-s-going-on-today/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) > [A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapaport/a-tribe-called-quest-music-was-so-inclusive-so-conscious-it-brought/) [Michael Rapaport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapaport/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hips/michael-rapaport/#itemlist", "name": "8 Hips Quotes By Michael Rapaport", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 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