Art Quote by Afrika Bambaataa

Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture. It could…

— Afrika Bambaataa

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop basically controls the world through fashion, through music, through language, through culture. It's basically running the world, no matter what anyone wants to…

— Prodigy

Hip-hop is when you have crowd participation; when you chant at the audience and they chant back at you; when you wave your hands…

— Flavor Flav

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk…

— Afrika Bambaataa

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, and that,…

— KRS-One

Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just another idea…

— Rapsody

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not…

— DJ Premier

Hip-hop is the music of the youth. It sort of has the same purpose as what we do, at least lyrically, because we both…

— Amadou Bagayoko

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is…

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all…

— Chuck D

Hip-hop in a lot of ways is like sports; when you go to a sports game, you see people from all ages, all ethnicities,…

— LeCrae