Adversity Quote by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

“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 for those who have overcome adversity.” quote by Ali Shaheed Muhammad — Download Open image

“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 for those who have overcome adversity.”

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

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In 2016, the conversation of the black experience is so broad, and it's very raw. I mean, c'mon, we have a black president. That's…

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I do think that hip-hop has a relationship with comic book culture, and Kung Fu movies too, for that matter.

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I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even if that…

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For the future, be true to yourself. If you're gonna be influenced by someone be influenced by them. Don't cop them so much that you're a clone. No one wants to deal with a clone. There's not that much more substance in being a clone, but definitely be influenced by people...take what you can from that and sculpt it into…

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When you are creating something artistically and are speaking to or representing a culture that you know truthfully, you are doing a good job.

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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…

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Much of hip-hop, like comic books, is fantastical by nature, too.

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The basic idea of a hero rising up to represent an oppressed or disenfranchised group of people is as true to hip-hop as it…

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That's always been the process of our music, in a sense, keeping it simple, not being so heavy that you are beating people over…

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Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture.

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