Come Quote by Cheo Hodari Coker

I come from a young, hip-hop, urban world.

— Brandon T. Jackson

I come from a traditional hip-hop background.

— Statik Selektah

I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me.

— Wale

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

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

— Derek Luke

Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture.

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

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

I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they know every…

— Eve

Though my music audience is cross-generational, like my television audience, my core demographic is people like myself. People who have grown up on hip-hop,…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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

I'm not hip-hop.

— Travis Scott

My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it.

— Doc Brown