Community Quote by Archie Shepp

Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is…

— Stephen Glover

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

— Alicia Keys

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

I think rap is creating a reverse racism.

— Eddie Rabbitt

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

— John Legend

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and…

— Saul Williams

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

— Dennis Rodman

By some estimates, 80% of rap music is bought by white youth. And this makes for another irony. The blooming of white alienation has…

— Shelby Steele

America was violent before rap.

— Krs One

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

— David Foster Wallace

When I first heard rap, I wasn't quick to be critical. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I had a feeling it…

— Casey Kasem

Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll.

— Jerry Heller