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title: "6 Hop Audience Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-franti/people-underestimate-the-hip-hop-audience-and-the-capacity-to/)

[Michael Franti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-franti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/michael-franti-2651_audience_people-underestimate-the-hip-hop-audienc_1343874.png)

> [I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-expect-the-hip-hop-audience-to-be-avant-garde-i-want-them-to-be/)

[Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/nas-650_audience_i-expect-the-hip-hop-audience-to-be-avan_2130666.png)

> [Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-luke/hip-hop-was-my-first-audience-i-would-rap-in-the-mirror-walk-down-the/)

[Derek Luke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-luke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/derek-luke-19745_audience_hip-hop-was-my-first-audience-i-would-ra_2320949.jpg)

> [I still gotta reacquaint myself with the hip-hop audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/method-man/i-still-gotta-reacquaint-myself-with-the-hip-hop-audience/)

[Method Man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/method-man/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/method-man-12334_audience_i-still-gotta-reacquaint-myself-with-the_2423682.jpg)

> [I want to plug back into the hip-hop audience. Whether it be fans who grew up watching 'Yo!', or people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fab-five-freddy/i-want-to-plug-back-into-the-hip-hop-audience-whether-it-be-fans-who/)

[Fab Five Freddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fab-five-freddy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/fab-five-freddy-62938_audience_i-want-to-plug-back-into-the-hip-hop-aud_2680586.jpg)

> [I aim my music at the hip black hip-hop audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heavy-d/i-aim-my-music-at-the-hip-black-hip-hop-audience/)

[Heavy D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heavy-d/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/heavy-d-16313_aim_i-aim-my-music-at-the-hip-black-hip-hop_2782866.png)

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