Cuban Quote by Kat Dahlia

Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop…

— Kat Dahlia

I'm Cuban and Puerto Rican and Miami is very Cuban oriented. Growing up around the music - all of the salsa and meringue influenced…

— Sabrina Claudio

I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out, you party,…

— Kat Dahlia

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

— Ichiro Suzuki

I grew up listening to a lot of rap music. My dad's a DJ from Brooklyn, and he's a very soulful guy, so he…

— Chanel West Coast

My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking…

— James Vincent McMorrow

There are a lot of country artists now that are heavily influenced by hip-hop. That's not me. I was very heavily influenced by rock…

— Frankie Ballard

I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. Miami is special for that. It's a city where you…

— Pitbull

Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.

— Horace Silver

My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

— Washed Out

My style influences came from just growing up in L.A. and watching everything and the whole environment and just traveling.

— Nick Young

Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to…

— Avril Lavigne