I didnt grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, Ive never wanted to speak to an all-white… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
R&B is everything. Hip Hop, Soul, Gospel and Classical Blues are everything. All of that makes sense in BJ The Chicago Kid… — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
For me personally, to hop onboard and use the amazing success and blessings in my life to pull off something like the… — Ryan Lewis Copy Share Image
I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever. — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its… — Questlove Copy Share Image
Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up. — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to… — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
I came to a point where I couldn't walk into an urban store and find anything I liked. Everything was just getting… — K-Maro Copy Share Image
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk… — Moby Copy Share Image
Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I thank God for Hip Hop because Marvin Gaye didn't have that and he was able to be that dope. For us… — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I like my R&B, my hip-hop. But I'm old school, I don't like a lot of new stuff. Though I do like… — P. K. Subban Copy Share Image
When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is 'debt.' And from 'debt' it's just… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics -… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Don't be impatient with me. Bear in mind that I hop around among all of you big beasts like a harmless and… — Paul Ehrenfest Copy Share Image
So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country music, Hip Hop has introduced us to a little bit of everything. — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
There's top 40 R&B/hip-hop, which is probably sexy but you wouldn't listen to it for a musical awakening. — Lotic Copy Share Image
I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC. — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling; it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop. — Rakim Copy Share Image
The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
I think that when I did the Methods Of Mayhem record, some of the hip-hop stuff probably freaked a lot of Motley… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist. — Ian Astbury Copy Share Image
I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip… — Patti LaBelle Copy Share Image
As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of… — Bono Copy Share Image
Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of… — Jimmy Heath Copy Share Image
What's happening right now in the Hip Hop industry is that it is deeply affected by the general economy of America. — RZA Copy Share Image
My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
All I can say is that I've had too many people in the hip-hop industry really like what I'm doing. I know… — Brian Austin Green Copy Share Image
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. — Pitbull Copy Share Image
He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of wine; for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness; and madness is no… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily. — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
Our only teachers and role models for our young men cannot be, you know, videos, and, the hip hop community. — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
I live in a neighborhood that's really filled with sound - there's a lot of Jamaican auto body shops, and the guys… — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and… — Questlove Copy Share Image
Hip Hop can be a very effective way to reach young people and teach them about current political and social issues. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
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