Bronx Quote by Anonymous

As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.

— Kool Moe Dee

Hip-hop went through different stages, from the beginning in the streets of the Bronx, to the whole Tri-State area and then to the rest…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm glad I…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging…

— Jay-Z

The problem is, authentic hip-hop culture is street culture. And so you've got middle-class blacks really emulating the norms of the South Bronx, which…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should not be…

— Nas

It's not just in The Bronx or in the ghettos or even just America. It's worldwide. Who knows, it could be some aliens on…

— Fabolous

In 1977, hip-hop literally wasn't outside the boroughs. But I was profoundly aware of the city through films like Saturday Night Fever, The French…

— Baz Luhrmann

As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip…

— Fat Joe

I experienced Hip-Hop first-hand in the Bronx with the boys in New York; people like the Rock Steady Crew and The Dynamic Rockers, I…

— Goldie

It's like hip hop all over again, back in the '70s back in the Bronx, when it was just bubbling. But it's going to…

— Fat Joe

Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of…

— Fab Five Freddy