America Quote by Bakari Kitwana

You can't argue that hip-hop rots away the moral character of kids or rots their brain and still see middle-class white kids going to…

— Killer Mike

Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids - everyone under…

— Michael Rapaport

After many years of hip-hop as a nation we should have the sophistication to accept that their are distinctions between the corporate manifestation of…

— Bakari Kitwana

I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge in hip-hop.…

— Bakari Kitwana

You gotta understand a lot of hip-hop kids are going to have the hip-hop mentality. And it's sad because they're not educated enough to…

— Taboo

Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going…

— Jay-Z

I agree that all kids of all colors love hip-hop. My point in writing the book was to raise questions about the ways the…

— Bakari Kitwana

If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other…

— Simon de Pury

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small, rural town…

— Steve Stoute

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

Hip Hop can be a very effective way to reach young people and teach them about current political and social issues.

— Assata Shakur