Culture Quote by Curtis Jackson

Hip-hop has been so important in my work, because it speaks to the idea of money being tied to cultural capital in an honest…

— Lauren Greenfield

I'm not oriented by money, to be honest. Everybody thinks we're in the music business for money all of the time. But that's not…

— Denny Laine

There's this concept in urban music and lifestyle that money is everything, and I'm just not with it. If it makes money, it doesn't…

— No I.D

You had Cash Money: that was just the flashy dudes. Like I said, you had different genres of rap, and we were just one…

— Mannie Fresh

Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money.

— Anonymous

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole…

— Anonymous

You want to buy cars and houses and castles, all of that's on you and how America has systematized your mind to be into…

— Afrika Bambaataa

The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to eat.

— Ludacris

Ain't no money like music money, because music money don't stop.

— Mary Steenburgen

As hip-hop artists, you have to take the music seriously, not just as a way to get rich.

— Xzibit

Money often moves around like a high school kid with no personality - it goes with the crowd.

— Andrew Yang

Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that. But really, when you talk about the…

— Kid Rock