Alliances Quote by Bela Fleck

Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me,…

— Gza

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

I fell in love with hip-hop at an early age as a culture, as a sound, both from the perspective of a fan and…

— G-Eazy

Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube, and Dre,…

— F. Gary Gray

I've known about hip-hop for a long time. The first time it intrigued me was when I saw this music video by Tyga on…

— Rich Brian

I love hip-hop.

— Molly Qerim

I'm not a big hip-hop fan, but I respect all kinds of music and some of them are really cool.

— Till Lindemann

I've been interested in hip-hop since it first appeared: the fact that it was born not in the music industry but on the street,…

— Shinichiro Watanabe

I come from hip hop for sure, and there are basic elements of that, but then I'll take from somewhere else, like samba, and…

— Kaytranada

Hip-hop is a collage. It samples from all different styles of music.

— Kamasi Washington

We listen to a lot of hip hop. They're the ones that are trailblazing. It used to be rock, but it's really turned to…

— Synyster Gates

My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like, that conglomerate.

— Neal Brennan