About Quote by Alex Ebert

I grew up listening to everything outside hip-hop. Hip-hop came later in my life.

— Akon

Hip-hop was the music that actually got me excited about it and the actual prospect of performing. I think I loved music from an…

— Rag'n'Bone Man

Hip-hop music was something I grew up with, it was something that I loved since I was a little kid, and it's something that…

— Ryan Lewis

I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.

— Joaquin Phoenix

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of…

— James Vincent McMorrow

What I particularly liked about Nineties hip hop was it had a certain reverence for the groove that I hadn't been hearing in a…

— Michael McDonald

I fell in love with hip-hop at an early age as a culture, as a sound, both from the perspective of a fan and…

— G-Eazy

I was really raised on hip-hop, and hip-hop introduced me basically to all the music I listen to now.

— Adrian Younge

I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I…

— Lil Dicky

My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was just that…

— Paul Banks

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap.

— Moshe Kasher

Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me,…

— Gza