My experience is that white kids love hip-hop, and brown and black kids love rock music. That shows that brown kids -… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, I was pretty drawn to hip-hop beats wrapped together with super-good lyrics. The most important thing… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make… — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
We put out real hip-hop at a time when it was turning into pop or R&B ... We brought the focus back… — RZA Copy Share Image
Drake can do that well, he can have the hottest tune every summer for the next 20 years, and that's how he… — Kano Copy Share Image
A lot of individuals I've met that I've done a song or two with. But to be honest I'm not incredibly familiar… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it's a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers - whatever… — Nas Copy Share Image
If you call 'Rapper's Delight' an old-school record, I agree with you. If you call Sugar Hill Gang old school, I agree… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Hip-hop as a culture itself goes through stages. It grows - it's breathing, living. I've noticed that we usually start off conscious,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Another thing about me dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong.… — Ice T Copy Share Image
First off, I absolutely hate the term 'trip-hop.' It was a term that made it seemed like I was trying to turn… — Tricky Copy Share Image
There are so many rappers now that it's cluttering our culture. 90% of the time at a show there are more artists… — Statik Selektah Copy Share Image
After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
Long before Donald Trump came down the escalator, Kanye West was public enemy No. 1 for simply trying to tell the truth… — Candace Owens Copy Share Image
Hip Hop is the rebirth of civilization. For people who were disconnected from their continent, from their language, from their culture, and… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
My career is a development and that's a big thing because when I decided this was what I wanted to do it… — Grieves Copy Share Image
I think Pac is one of those artists that generations on generations know who this guy is, as an artist, as an… — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has done more for race relations than most cultural icons; and I say save Martin Luther King, because his 'I Have… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash… — Reginald Hudlin Copy Share Image
I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
I think there's just certain lyrics and certain forms of hip-hop that definitely rang true, again, to a lot of people's truth,… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
I always give RZA that support as far as saying he brought Wu-Tang to the table. It was his philosophy. He picked… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I used to say, if Jim were alive today he'd never be clean and sober but I'm changing that answer because Eminem… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I like Young Thug. A lot of people might think I don't like Thug. I listen to Thug more than I listen… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
Justin Vernon is one of the collaborators Kanye will always go to. He doesn't fit in with any genres - you never… — Mike Dean Copy Share Image
I love Ashanti, so that was my thing. I liked that whole era. I don't know what to call that era but… — Kodie Shane Copy Share Image
So sometimes if I'm working with a rapper, like Ghostface Killah or Nas, producing usually means, in hip-hop, that you make the… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
“While the patriarchal boys in hip-hop crew may talk about keeping it real, there has been no musical culture with black men… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I used to do the beat box. A friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block… — DMX Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Money is important in the rap industry because you're always rapping to be bigger than the other person - bigger than who… — D-Pryde Copy Share Image
Rap always has that undertone of rebellion and I just wanted to explore it. I felt there was a rebel within me… — Badshah Copy Share Image
I hate how all the hip hop bands of today will put crazy sound effects into their songs. You know what I… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
When I was producing 'Formula Vol. 2,' I knew I needed to come hard with the features and do something I hadn't… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
I've never had a problem with someone saying "yeah you're pretty, but you can't rap." In fact, I've heard things about other… — Jacki-O Copy Share Image
Hip-hop gives you so much room to be animated. I'm a theater kid as well, so I like to create characters. I… — Doechii Copy Share Image
