Authenticity Quote by Daveed Diggs

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream…

— Zadie Smith

Definitely Im real in everything I write down to what record. I found that really important. Whats the point of rapping about something you…

— Diggy Simmons

The things I rap about are 100 percent real. But at the same time, I don't rap about those things to tear my city…

— Freddie Gibbs

The music becomes more pure and soulful when it's true, and it has to be true these days with the way the internet works,…

— J. Cole

Authenticity resonates with people. The industry can be very misleading and is built to make people believe what they see. But people aren't dumb…

— LeCrae

Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not.

— Bibi Bourelly

Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away.

— Rachel Morrison

I think when people listen to music, they can truly feel authenticity. For me personally, as a listener, there's certain songs where I'm just…

— NF

The experiences I go through... everything you hear in my lyrics is real. Good or bad, I take it all in and put it…

— Saweetie

I think that, for me - and I try to show it with my music - whatever is real to you is real.

— Maisie Peters

Everybody knows with rap artists, if you can't go to the hood, it's almost like you're not authentic, even if you're a dope artist…

— DJ Premier

In hip hop, 'real' has always meant one who represents in actuality what they present in imagery. For instance, once upon a time, if…

— Amanda Seales