Fads Quote by Jam Master Jay

I actually don't like hip hop much; the music is too clichéd, the subculture, especially the macho strutting of gangsta rappers, isn't my thing.…

— Shahin Najafi

You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.

— Dan Deacon

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

With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.

— Young Jeezy

The artists with lyrical content and who say something seem to outlast the fad rappers - I always noticed that.

— Cordae

Hip hop is ever changing and has definitely entered a new era. Many fans have mixed feelings over the direction of rap as more…

— Eric Thomas

I was about nine years old when I first heard Wu-Tang's 'C.R.E.A.M.' Before that, I didn't know anything about rap or hip-hop. I was…

— G-Dragon

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

— Afrika Bambaataa

I like how hip-hop is just shocking and fun.

— Masego

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

I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep trying to…

— Jay-Z

It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and…

— Ice T