I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background,… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop. — Doug E. Fresh Copy Share Image
Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I realize I look very hip hop but I'm really more emo with a definite Brazilian flavor. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I think people were genuinely addicted to hip hop in the 90s, addicted to the idea of empowerment. I think it came… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the… — Michael Eric Dyson 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
So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. — Pitbull Copy Share Image
All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that we understand the trend and we need to hop on it. I don't… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop. It's the way we advertise… — Wale Copy Share Image
Parasites are not only incredibly diverse; they are also incredibly successful. There are parasitic stretches of DNA in your own genes, some… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
Any live venue where there is alcohol served and it's past midnight there is gonna be fights. It doesn't matter if it's… — Slaine Copy Share Image
You have a lot of educating to do hip-hop wise in Europe. When you tour, when you go out there, most of… — K-Maro Copy Share Image
Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff. — Houston Alexander Copy Share Image
Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too. — Prefuse 73 Copy Share Image
Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
