Book Quote by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman; the voice…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to…

— Questlove

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

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

That's how it works in Westerns: the hero is minding his own business and trying to make a living, but he does something, the…

— Mike Colter

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

— Baratunde Thurston

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

— Doug E. Fresh

Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear growing up…

— Karamo Brown

A lot of the commercial expression of hip-hop leaves a lot to be desired - but then, there's a lot of whack gospel music,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Hip-hop is the art of story-telling.

— Kano