I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music. — Neil Drumming Copy Share Image
There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span. — John Mayer Copy Share Image
The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Everybody's not always open to everything. People have biased feelings about certain things, especially in the hip-hop world. The hip-hop world hates… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a complex music and culture that has been reduced to a one-dimensional critique. Hip-hop's messages aren't all bad. Neither are… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about. — Ice T Copy Share Image
I was very introverted growing up and I had small circle of friends. Any opportunity I got to rap or articulate things… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five… — Questlove Copy Share Image
My flow follows sometimes what's going on in the hip-hop industry even though I'm speaking Jamaican patois. — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
The hip-hop that we grew up on is dead to a certain degree. I'm trying to keep it alive though, it's alive… — Sean Price Copy Share Image
When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was… — Nas Copy Share Image
My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I know a lot of mainstream hip-hop people, have been listening to things like Aphex Twin for years. When somebody first played… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
You want to buy cars and houses and castles, all of that's on you and how America has systematized your mind to… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of the hip-hop crowd behind Barack Obama because he's a black man. Honestly, I'm rooting for Hillary… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Well I listened to mostly rock music, and I felt like hip hop was like an extension of rock music when it… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is such an amazing thing that kids still want to do it. They're not saying, "Ugh, that's the old people's music."… — Nas Copy Share Image
Hip hop is expression..our roots and culture..Its your duty to contribute uniqueness to this artform. Desire of bringing somethin new, improved, witty… — Larry Bakersfield Copy Share Image
I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm just a little bit too honest. There was some things that were going on behind the scenes that I didn't… — Wale Copy Share Image
For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Since I've been in this industry, it's been a constant fight; "Oh, he's white, he's Cuban." "He's tryin' to do hip-hop and… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
“What's your enterprise of choice?" Vane grinned. "Hops." Patience blinked. "Hops?" "A vital ingredient used to flavor and clarify beers. I own… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
And finally, I just felt it was crucial for some of us in the hip hop community to speak up on the… — MURS Copy Share Image
I didn't really get that good at cutting because I didn't have those three years of gestating and nurturing my skills in… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
