About Quote by Everlast

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

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop in general is an amalgamation of different things.

— Everlast

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

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

For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.

— Grandmaster Flash

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have…

— Russell Simmons

People only think these are two different genres. But theyre very much the same¦ Rap and hip-hop are about bringing people together to your…

— Ludacris

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it

— Saul Williams

Hip-hop is when you have crowd participation; when you chant at the audience and they chant back at you; when you wave your hands…

— Flavor Flav