I try to get the hip-hop aesthetic, most times without an MC. I don't use a rapper or a DJ to give… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
When Run DMC and all that starting poppin off, thats when we really took Hip-Hop to another level, as far as in… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express… — El-P Copy Share Image
Far from the richest rapper, but my biggest personal achievement thus far in my life has been retiring my mom early from… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I don't have a qoute , but I do know that I'm lil wayne's biggest fan . I love him with everything… — Alexis Angel Enyeart <3 Copy Share Image
Wayne has always been my biggest influence. It's weird because I sit down and talk to Wayne like he's just a regular… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
I don't mind being called a weirdo. There are a lot of people in hip-hop who are probably never going to get… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I actually don't like hip hop much; the music is too clichéd, the subculture, especially the macho strutting of gangsta rappers, isn't… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they… — Eve Copy Share Image
I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of… — Shane Bunting Copy Share Image
I think that Tupac was the trendsetter, the high mark. What we hope his music will continue to do is to at… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
Hip-hop was born of people who did not have a voice. They were not heard. And those people exist and are a… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
People like rumors. They're going to say things like, 'You was at the club with Lil' Kim, and you and Kanye West… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
Hip hop is ever changing and has definitely entered a new era. Many fans have mixed feelings over the direction of rap… — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
I bet you never heard of a playa with no game, Told the truth to get what I want, but shot it… — Andre Benjamin Copy Share Image
Every time a new rock singer comes out they don't say, 'Are you the new John Lennon?' Every time a new rapper… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
I thought that Wu-Tang was the best sword style - the best sword-style of martial arts. And the tongue is like a… — Rza Copy Share Image
My name is actually Snoh, but there's a rapper with that name already out there, so I was asked to add something… — Snoh Aalegra Copy Share Image
I love Kanye. He's literally the only person that challenges me. He has an overwhelming love for music also, and that's why… — The-Dream Copy Share Image
I rap about fighting back. I make it uncomfortable by putting details to it. It might not have been politically correct but… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I listen to a little bit of hip-hop, but I mainly go back to what was big when I was at the… — Ernie Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I really appreciate Frank Ocean's lyrical style, I appreciate the way that he can kind of draw you into this personal space,… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
“It is not surprising that young white males – most between thirty and forty – play major roles in the production of… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
When we were doing shows in the mid-'90s, the audiences were 95% black. What's happened now is the gentrification of hip-hop. A… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman;… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
I would hope with all my heart, that Jay Z not take personally what was said... I would like to take this… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
These niggaz ain't thugs, the real thugs is the government. Don't matter if you Independent, Democrat or Republican, Niggaz politickin' the street,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I've got a superstar like Usher singing bachata, a tune featuring Lil Wayne. I'm offering people more than just bachata. That captures… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just… — Rapsody Copy Share Image
Everybody wants the easy stuff, "Okay, I wanna be a rapper. I wish I could fight in order to get more money."… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
When people question me about whether something is hip-hop, I ask them, 'Does it sound hard? Does it hit home? Is it… — Mike Will Made It Copy Share Image
Well, you know what? If that guy can do it, I can be myself too, and if that rapper can be himself… — Lil B Copy Share Image
In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
Jimmy Iovine, he pretty much started off as an engineer and a producer, and then he started up a label. Then he… — Mike Will Made It Copy Share Image
To show a different side on 'Love & Hip Hop' and bring some validity to it and not just be ratchet, messy… — Omarion Copy Share Image
They could never make me hate you. Even though what you was doing wasn't tasteful.. Even though you out here looking so… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
