Rapper Quotes by KRS-One

Jermaine Dupri is a b-boy, and he's dope.

— KRS-One

I was born in Hip Hop. That's all I ever needed.

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is not about crime. Hip-hop is not about being a gangster.

— KRS-One

When rap music needed to have a teacher, I became it.

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Rap is no longer a pastime; this is a worldwide profession.

— KRS-One

Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement..

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I'm the most humble rapper in the industry.

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You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you?

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Record companies feel they are the culture. Hip-hop has to begin to define, protect, and promote itself, and that's why we founded…

— KRS-One

Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly; They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

— KRS-One

Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft? They corny ass raps be makin me doze off.

— KRS-One

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

— KRS-One

The Temple of Hip-Hop makes sure that we don't just approach hip-hop just through music or through rap. We approach the totality…

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Hip hop is a human skill, and the practice of real hip hop should remind us of our humanity.

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The only time you had blacks, whites, and Latinos jamming together was in hip-hop. It's an unsung history.

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Every ten years, we get a new old school. In 1987, we thought 1977 was the best era in hip-hop. Here we…

— KRS-One

Rap is like a set-up...a lot of games, A lot of suckers with colorful names. 'I'm so-and-so,' 'I'm this, I'm that.' But…

— KRS-One

As a conscious rap artist, you should not want to be in a gangster market. You should be trying to establish your…

— KRS-One

I find it fascinating how hip hop as a culture mirrors every mythology from the beginning of mythology. The concept of the…

— KRS-One

I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as…

— KRS-One

What is American education? What should our students be taught? Is hip-hop something that is worthwhile and useful for students to learn?…

— KRS-One

If the society that we're talking about is a society that starts wars all over the world, degrades indigenous cultures, is misogynistic…

— KRS-One

No [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are…

— KRS-One

I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light…

— KRS-One

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…

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If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS…

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You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of…

— KRS-One

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and…

— KRS-One

To me, that's the biggest problem with hip-hop today is the fact that everyone believes that all of hip-hop is rap music,…

— KRS-One

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

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people…

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You are not doing hip hop; you ARE hip hop.

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There was no hip-hop before Afrika Bambaataa.

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Rap is something you live; hip hop is something you do.

— KRS-One

You can never be too old for hip-hop.

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In the future, hip-hop is going to be called American folklore.

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The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

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Every generation brings its own presentation of what hip-hop is to them.

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The Temple of HipHop has declared HipHop its own religion. We believe HipHop is divine. HipHop proves the existence of God.

— KRS-One