Able Quote by Joell Ortiz

Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else.

— Eminem

Hip-hop really saved me.

— Benny the Butcher

Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It gave our…

— Jason Reynolds

I'm definitely a little surprised at what hip-hop was able to do to my life.

— Fabolous

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.

— Ice T

The Chronic represented everything that I hated about hip-hop as a fan, but then later represented everything that I stood for as a musician…

— Questlove

I never really considered myself super hip-hop, ever in life. I don't think anything that I've done reflects that.

— Damon Dash

Hip-hop music was our life.

— Prodigy

I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.

— Nipsey Hussle

In a lot of ways, songwriting helped save my life.

— Mary Gauthier

I was in high school and college as hip-hop was really sort of coming into its own as a, you know, creative force, as…

— Rick Famuyiwa

I was kind of influenced by the hip-hop culture.

— Ichiro Suzuki