Cities Quote by Baz Luhrmann

As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.

— Kool Moe Dee

I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't…

— Michael Rapaport

“My conception of New York City came from rap music. I envisioned it as a place where people shot each other on the street…

— Ishmael Beah

New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit up with…

— Art Buchwald

Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm glad I…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of…

— Diplo

In my mind, New York was the place where they had the underground rap shows and I could get in on some ciphers and…

— J. Cole

So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live.

— Anonymous

Growing up so close to New York City, I always loved going to the city, but I'd be disappointed because songs about New York…

— Grace VanderWaal

When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where…

— Moby

Hip-hop went through different stages, from the beginning in the streets of the Bronx, to the whole Tri-State area and then to the rest…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I experienced Hip-Hop first-hand in the Bronx with the boys in New York; people like the Rock Steady Crew and The Dynamic Rockers, I…

— Goldie