Children Quote by Bakari Kitwana

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

We're a direct mirror of the audience, and that shows how hip-hop has expanded. It's no longer just an urban thing, and it's no…

— Taboo

Unfortunately there is a standard set for it that precedes hip-hop. It would be great if corporate America didn't do this, but there is…

— Bakari Kitwana

We need to look beyond the obvious. Yes, there are minstrel images in hip-hop. Yes, there are demeaning, anti-racist, misogynistic and homophobic representations. We…

— Bakari Kitwana

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

— KRS-One

The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for everybody that…

— Fat Joe

We gotta let hip-hop grow. We gotta let it go through its different phases throughout the different places that's accepting it.

— Rakim

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

— Prefuse 73

Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.

— Kurtis Blow

I think hip-hop always shifts culture.

— Yo Gotti

Like any great art, the culture of hip-hop has changed with the times. With the state of technology, music is more accessible and freely…

— One9

Hip hop is the way it is because of America.

— Dizzee Rascal