Book Quote by Angie Thomas

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

— Estelle

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

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

— Akon

Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from our parents.

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

I was raised with opera and very white-bread folk music like The Kingston Trio. That was about as daring as it got. So when…

— Jess Row

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

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. The reason I was able to listen to it…

— Moshe Kasher

Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an intellectual pursuit.

— Gza

When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop, like A…

— Mat Kearney

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

Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was whether it…

— Rakim

I grew up in the suburbs, and I listened to hip-hop for the right reasons, which was to understand a culture that was beyond…

— Jensen Karp