Culture Quote by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Hip-hop is the art of story-telling.

— Kano

“Hip-hop is storytelling.”

— Raquel Cepeda

I'm a fan of the mythos of Atlanta hip-hop, and it's something I grew up imagining. It was very interesting to get there and…

— Hiro Murai

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

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

— Mos Def

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

— KRS-One

The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in…

— Ari Melber

I do think any modern storyteller is influenced by the stories we all grow up with and become familiar with, our shared cultural narratives.

— Ian Doescher

I start thinking: How many souls hip-hop has affected? How many dead folks this art resurrected? How many nations this culture connected? Who am…

— Common

Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity.

— Randall Wallace

I'm passionate about music in general, not just hip-hop. But when it comes to hip-hop, I don't wanna see it die culturally.

— DJ Premier

I was in high school and college as hip-hop was really sort of coming into its own as a, you know, creative force, as…

— Rick Famuyiwa