Young people may be stupid at times, but they respond to the truth when it is present, and for them, KRS-One is… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
When you're not attached to anything, nothing can harm you. When people become attached, they can be harmed. I know this, so… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
People say I contradict myself because I come gangsta and teach at the same time. I don't want to be too much… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The single most important contribution that I can offer, the strengthening of people's spirit and soul, the strengthening of families, the unity… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
When my time is up in hip-hop, it's going to remain what Afrika Bambaataa thought it was supposed to be. It's going… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
It's always baffled me why BET looks the way it does. This is Black Entertainment Television. Why are we up there, then,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
When I say hip-hoppers, I mean black, white, Asian, Latino, Chicano, everybody. Everybody. Hip-hop has united all races. Hip-hop has formed a… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think music should be free. I think all communication should be free. I think people should respect artists, and there should… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you're true to the upliftment of people and the unity of people, raising the self-worth of people, then you live within… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin'… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light of this,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm the prophet of hip hop for real. Maybe I do come with some kind of divine principle behind me, because I know… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something, that only… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
![“We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look at every Martin Luther King Boulevard out here, and it's a crack block. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just…” quote by KRS-One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92d/krs-one-2404_art_we-black-people-don-t-respect-our-elders_1985041.jpg)
