Culture Quote by Big Daddy Kane

When hip-hop was new and raw, it was all about being an MC. You wanted to be respected as a lyricist. But as the…

— Big Daddy Kane

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.

— Ajay Naidu

There's more to hip-hop than just trying to make everything rhyme, and you find out in life that everything don't rhyme. The music they're…

— Al Green

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

— Baratunde Thurston

Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.

— Ice T

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

— Method Man

I actually don't like hip hop much; the music is too clichéd, the subculture, especially the macho strutting of gangsta rappers, isn't my thing.…

— Shahin Najafi

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

There are not many people that I respect more than rappers. I'm a huge fan of hip hop. It's incredible, one of the most…

— Brett Gelman

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

— Questlove

Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.

— Gza

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

— Carrie Brownstein