Black Quote by Chuck D

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the…

— Chuck D

Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is…

— Stephen Glover

Black people's music is in a class by itself and always has been. There's nothing like it. The reason for that is because it…

— Toni Morrison

Before I came out, there was no such thing as a black conciousness movement. Kids on the street didn't know who Malcom X or…

— KRS-One

In the long-run I think we lost some of our audience because of noise. I don't think people were ready for it, OK? And…

— Charlie Benante

There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that…

— Eminem

Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as…

— Archie Shepp

They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And…

— Ice Cube

If you think about it, hip-hop came out of nothing. It was a response to oppression.

— Cordae

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

— David Foster Wallace

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

— Alicia Keys

Rap or hip-hop music emerged in the West because of the atrocities against the Blacks. Their lyrics had a certain style of rebellion and…

— Badshah