Audience Quote by Derek Luke

I'd always loved hip-hop.

— Justin Broadrick

My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like, that conglomerate.

— Neal Brennan

I liked hip-hop, wanted to do rap, and wanted to stand on a large stage. If you look at it in another angle... it's…

— Kim Nam-joon

I would watch all of the videos that came on on BET and MTV. I was infatuated with the hip-hop culture.

— Yo Gotti

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. The reason I was able to listen to it…

— Moshe Kasher

I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.

— Joaquin Phoenix

I grew up listening to everything outside hip-hop. Hip-hop came later in my life.

— Akon

At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the…

— Flo Rida

I was really raised on hip-hop, and hip-hop introduced me basically to all the music I listen to now.

— Adrian Younge

I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket money into…

— Simon de Pury

I was kind of influenced by the hip-hop culture.

— Ichiro Suzuki

The hip-hop that I really connected with was Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice Cube, and N.W.A. That late '80s and early '90s era. The beginning…

— Jess Row