Confused Quote by Ethan Brown

I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about…

— Conor Oberst

I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it's a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers - whatever sound is…

— Nas

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

“It is not surprising that young white males – most between thirty and forty – play major roles in the production of hip-pop. It’s…

— bell hooks

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

Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you…

— MF Doom

... I get more respect from rap artists than I do from my own industry. I don't always write the kind of music that…

— Toby Keith

In this time, we incorporate money and media, and it's split up like apartheid, where when you say "hip-hop," you think just rap records.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

If you are successful because of Hip Hop, which I am, then you have to recognize that Hip Hop is nothing if not a…

— Doc Brown

I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's all that…

— J. Cole

I think artists should be able to do different things whenever they want and I like the way I am. I'm like - I…

— Meek Mill

I am street hip-hop brother. That's my biggest message with that one.

— Styles P