Ability Quote by Jim Jarmusch

I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they know every…

— Eve

Hip hop is still strong. As an art form, music helps people express themselves, find meaning in their own lives and connect with their…

— Erik Parker

I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the…

— Chuck D

The fundamentals of hip-hop still play an important role, cause it's about those similes, those metaphors, those parallels. And to some people it's just…

— Pusha T

I really love the culture of hip-hop.

— Nipsey Hussle

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

Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world through language.

— Jesmyn Ward

I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.

— Mat Kearney

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

I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life.

— Craig Robinson

To its credit, hip-hop is my favorite genre, to this day, and it's hard not to be influenced by the culture and by the…

— Miguel

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