Concerned Quote by Baratunde Thurston

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and…

— Kendrick Lamar

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to…

— Questlove

Hip-hop is as much an attitude and perspective as it is a music form.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Hip-hop in general is an amalgamation of different things.

— Everlast

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is…

— KRS-One

Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just another idea…

— Rapsody

Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be…

— Kim Nam-joon

Hip-hop is not one thing. There are 50 different approaches to making it and showing it.

— Too Short

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not…

— DJ Premier

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as…

— Questlove

I keep my music heartfelt and stick to making real music. I wouldn't even say it's hip-hop music. My music is 'reality rap.'

— Boosie