Award Quote by Fat Joe

Everybody in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Matter of fact, the exact opposite word of 'hip-hop,' I think, is 'gay.' Like yo, you play…

— Kanye West

There just needs to be a gay rapper. He doesn't have to be flamboyant, just a rapper who identifies as gay - who's better…

— Talib Kweli

Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality,…

— Talib Kweli

I'm not saying that hip-hop needs gay rappers or anything, but they need to stop being so close-minded because that will just cause the…

— ASAP Rocky

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? ‘Man, that’s gay’ gets dropped on the…

— Macklemore

Most of the hip-hop people are very straight.

— Andy Bell

If we actually supported these gay artists and pumped money behind them the same way they pump money behind these divas, a conversation of…

— Cakes da killa

Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture.

— Troy Carter

Rap is not Hip-hop.Rap is part of Hip-hop culture

— Zeno Nkanyane

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as…

— Quincy Jones

I think people in the hip hop culture really just care about who has the bars. I'm sure there are people, who see it…

— Rapsody

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