Art Quote by Conor Oberst

Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency…

— Nas

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

— Questlove

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and…

— Ice T

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough,…

— Jay-Z

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

This is where hip-hop has become so doomed lately, in this confusion that rappers are street guys. You are not street guys. Get out…

— Ethan Brown

I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had…

— Jay-Z

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not…

— DJ Premier

Rap is not Hip-hop.Rap is part of Hip-hop culture

— Zeno Nkanyane

Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.

— Ice T

Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just another idea…

— Rapsody

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