The emergence of the independent hip-hop scene has replaced what we called the "underground scene". It's what the underground scene has evolved… — El-P Copy Share Image
It's basically me saying to the industry that I won't work within the walls in hip-hop. I want to put a twist… — SonReal Copy Share Image
I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop's another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you're talking about how… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who… — Stanley Nelson Jr Copy Share Image
Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets. — Ice T Copy Share Image
I really got to fuse some of my hip hop & R&B background into the Jessica 6 album since I was really… — Nomi Ruiz Copy Share Image
White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes,… — Narada Michael Walden Copy Share Image
For me the top music though has to be Rock or Hip Hop and artists like Kanye West. — Steve Purdy Copy Share Image
Hip-hop wasn't actually the genre that made me want to make sound, and I couldn't actually really pinpoint what genre it was.… — Grieves Copy Share Image
But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet. — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop got turned into Hit Pop, The second a record was number one on the pop charts. But don't skip on the… — MC Serch Copy Share Image
The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The borders and boundaries of hip-hop have been broken all over the world. There's a great scene everywhere you go. — Shane Bunting Copy Share Image
I grew up with my older brother listening to hip hop, and Jay-Z was the main person I listened to. When it… — Tinchy Stryder Copy Share Image
The key question facing those of us working in the media (old and new) is whether we embrace and adapt to the… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story,… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture.… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
I was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I have read countless comics books while listening to hip hop, and as a young one, I wasted countless hours practicing nunchuks… — Axel Alonso Copy Share Image
