Culture Quote by Hal David

Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't…

— Michael Franti

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

— Jay-Z

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

— Method Man

I think that's what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it's so honest.

— Russell Simmons

Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would be short…

— Chance the Rapper

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.

— Afrika Bambaataa

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

— Kanye West

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

— Rita Dove

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that…

— Saul Williams

Let's be honest. We don't take rap serious the way other cultures take rock-n-roll, they take country. They artists are being loved.

— Master P