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title: "5 Rap Culture Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Rap Culture quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Rap Culture sayings and thoughts."
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> [Rap culture is interesting and different and has purpose but it has a non-romantic view of life and of social feelings. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-david/rap-culture-is-interesting-and-different-and-has-purpose-but-it-has-a/)

[Hal David](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-david/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/hal-david-33897_culture_rap-culture-is-interesting-and-different_370384.png)

> [Battle rap is a culture. That's boxing, it's like boxing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ab-soul/battle-rap-is-a-culture-that-s-boxing-it-s-like-boxing/)

[Ab-Soul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ab-soul/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/ab-soul-14376_battle_battle-rap-is-a-culture-that-s-boxing-it_681347.jpg)

> [Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven’t gone through the regimen of learning how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-david/pop-songs-are-not-as-graceful-as-they-used-to-be-performers-today-2/)

[Hal David](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-david/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/hal-david-33897_copyright_pop-songs-are-not-as-graceful-as-they-us_983449.png)

> [I grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. At the time I was growing up with my father - before it was gentrified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerby-jean-raymond/i-grew-up-in-east-flatbush-brooklyn-at-the-time-i-was-growing-up-with/)

[Kerby Jean-Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerby-jean-raymond/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/kerby-jean-raymond-14009_culture_i-grew-up-in-east-flatbush-brooklyn-at-t_3023074.jpg)

> [Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-cavanagh/jay-z-and-kanye-west-are-to-authentic-rap-culture-what-diseased-rates/)

[Dean Cavanagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-cavanagh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/dean-cavanagh-3359_century_jay-z-and-kanye-west-are-to-authentic-ra_3193879.png)

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