Audience Quote by Cameron Crowe

Hip-hop has always been exciting and interesting to us.

— Thomas Bangalter

Hip hop is ever changing and has definitely entered a new era. Many fans have mixed feelings over the direction of rap as more…

— Eric Thomas

“Hip-hop has always been controversial, and for good reason. When you watch a children's show and they've got a muppet rapping about the alphabet,…

— Jay-Z

I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.

— Mat Kearney

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is…

— Barack Obama

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

— Doug E. Fresh

Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think it will…

— apl.de.ap

The thing I love about hip-hop is that it's so creative. It's so creatively rewarding. When you hit it, and you hit it big,…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

Hip-hop is always what's the coolest, and people want to touch that. A lot of the Pop artists always want to get that stamp…

— Scott Storch

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

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

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