Boxing Quote by Jay-Z Download Open image “Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.” — Jay-Z ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Boxing Hip hop Hips Hops Perfect Poetry
Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me. — Gza Copy Share Image
People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the music. It's… — Nas Copy Share Image
I always did poetry, and [rap music is] pretty much hip-hop melody with poems. — Tiffany Foxx Copy Share Image
Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
To me hip-hop is a culture and I became an MC to be recognized as a dope lyricist. That's what I wanted to be… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem. — Eddie Shaw Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't even know… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“THEY NEVER TAUGHT MARCUS GARVEY IN OUR SCHOOL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS THEIR GOLDEN RULE” — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Tears on the mauseoleum floor. Blood stains the coliseum doors. Lies on the lips of a priest. Thanksgiving disguised as a feast. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit for six… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
All black everything, Ni**a you know my fresh code. Im out here fightin for you, dont increase my stress load. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
You know, it brings in a lot of different people; you take people off the street, and kids, and people from all different walks… — Michele Lamy Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
Apart from my grandad, none of my family had really been into boxing so the sport was never discussed much at home. — Josh Taylor Copy Share Image
You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone. — Sugar Ray Robinson Copy Share Image
I actually like boxing away from home. It takes the pressure off you a little bit. — James DeGale Copy Share Image
Whether it's Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match. — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
Boxing can be so important to young people, it keeps you off the street and you can channel your energy and aggression in the… — Nigel Benn Copy Share Image
I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing,… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
I liked wrestling a lot better than boxing. I remember thinking at that time that wrestling was a pure demonstration of strength, which I… — Scott Carpenter Copy Share Image