Art Quote by Clive Davis

There are a lot of country artists now that are heavily influenced by hip-hop. That's not me. I was very heavily influenced by rock…

— Frankie Ballard

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

— Ice Cube

The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not necessarily in…

— Curtis Jackson

I love artists making cool music, regardless of the style.So, if a country artist making really cool music came along and asked me to…

— Joseph Trapanese

I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth that's just…

— Chuck D

There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.

— Cornel West

Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place…

— Talib Kweli

I definitely want to be a country artist. I want to make it very clear that I want to stay in our genre. I…

— Carly Pearce

A lot of artists have a lot of different ventures, I think it's typical for a hip hop artist, at this point, to have…

— Kanye West

I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to…

— Sam Hunt

Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music…

— will.i.am

Everybody wants to be a rapper - even country musicians.

— Ad-Rock