In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement. — Timbaland Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes. — Raekwon Copy Share Image
People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could… — Ian MacKaye 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
Throughout the whole Stroll album, I'm breaking barriers. Whether I'm doing acoustic hip-hop, singing my own hooks or singing my own verses...… — SonReal Copy Share Image
A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
As minorities, it is always our dream to merge our cultures and showcase to the world the talent that comes from both… — Emilio Estefan Copy Share Image
Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble twin brothers… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul… — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. — Nas Copy Share Image
All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western,… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Pretty soon I think you'll have Republicans, Democrats and Hip Hop as a party. — Pitbull Copy Share Image
I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I had danced with Janet Jackson and P. Diddy so I had done a bunch of hip hop. Really and truly my… — Jenna Dewan Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
I think things are gonna change. I'm gonna take the age limit off of hip hop. — Rakim Copy Share Image
There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
