KRS-One

If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American.

— KRS-One

It's not about a salary, it's all about reality.

— KRS-One

It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if…

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is not about crime. Hip-hop is not about being a gangster.

— KRS-One

I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you…

— KRS-One

I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light…

— KRS-One

Maybe I'm the prophet of hip hop for real. Maybe I do come with some kind of divine principle behind me, because…

— KRS-One

“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something,…

— KRS-One

There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved.

— KRS-One

I've enjoyed much success. The IRS is always at my door, constantly.

— KRS-One

When rap music needed to have a teacher, I became it.

— KRS-One

You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make…

— KRS-One

I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle

— KRS-One

I honestly now know that I'm the physical embodiment of hip-hop on earth. That's my only purpose here on earth is to…

— KRS-One

If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS…

— KRS-One

If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.

— KRS-One

Graffiti art brings you back to your human skills - your spirit and what your being is really about.

— KRS-One

Rap is no longer a pastime; this is a worldwide profession.

— KRS-One

Only love is consistent because only love is unconditional.

— KRS-One

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

— KRS-One

I'm not an executive. I can do it, I have the mind for it, but there's a life that you have to…

— KRS-One

I was born in Hip Hop. That's all I ever needed.

— KRS-One

The Temple of HipHop has declared HipHop its own religion. We believe HipHop is divine. HipHop proves the existence of God.

— KRS-One

This is the problem with the United States: there's no leadership. A leader would say, 'Police brutality is an oxymoron. There are…

— KRS-One

Many of us were raised without a father, and the subject of deadbeat dads hits home in a lot of areas. Most…

— KRS-One