Clinging Quote by Chuck D

What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so…

— M.I.A

Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture.

— Troy Carter

I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It's very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It's not really based on a label anymore. Everything…

— Travis Scott

Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its…

— Nas

What's happening right now in the Hip Hop industry is that it is deeply affected by the general economy of America.

— RZA

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

— Herbie Hancock

Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of…

— will.i.am

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I…

— El-P

Hip-hop is a beautiful thing. I think that the music genre itself has created more millionaires than any other music genre before it, especially…

— Steve Harvey

What did happen to rock music? I think there was a hip-hop takeover.

— Kyle Gass

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as…

— Quincy Jones

Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.

— Grandmaster Flash