Causes Quote by John Legend

Before rap came along, I was, actually, actively in the streets; getting in trouble, doing the wrong thing.

— Ice T

Hip-hop is not about crime. Hip-hop is not about being a gangster.

— KRS-One

The attitudes of many police organizations were extremely negative to the prospect of Rap, and many officials weren't afraid to say that they were…

— Assata Shakur

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the…

— Ice Cube

We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it is an…

— Bocafloja

I think rap is all about what you feel about a situation and not just about cars, alcohol and women.

— Raftaar

Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as…

— Archie Shepp

I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.

— Bocafloja

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

— Alicia Keys

For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true!

— Lauryn Hill

Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.

— Vanilla Ice

Rap always has that undertone of rebellion and I just wanted to explore it. I felt there was a rebel within me who was…

— Badshah