Against Quote by ASAP Rocky

There just needs to be a gay rapper. He doesn't have to be flamboyant, just a rapper who identifies as gay - who's better…

— Talib Kweli

Everybody in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Matter of fact, the exact opposite word of 'hip-hop,' I think, is 'gay.' Like yo, you play…

— Kanye West

Hip-hop is always what's the coolest, and people want to touch that. A lot of the Pop artists always want to get that stamp…

— Scott Storch

Hip-hop has permeated pop culture for decades. For a long time, though, it seemed to permeate it in a such a way that it…

— Adrian Younge

For instance, one big issue in hip hop is the gay thing. It's 2013, and it's a shame that, to this day, that topic…

— ASAP Rocky

Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too.

— Prefuse 73

There are so many amazing out, gay, black artists who are really great in their own fields, but they aren't necessarily trying to make…

— MNEK

I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity.

— Phife Dawg

You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and…

— Afrika Bambaataa

It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and…

— Ice T

Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper…

— Jay-Z

You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got to have…

— B-Real