American Quote by Kehinde Wiley

I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up.

— Mat Kearney

Questlove and I - we were in high school with artists like Boyz II Men and Amel Larrieux.

— Black Thought

The way you respect hip-hop is by being true to yourself.

— Lil Dicky

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not necessarily in…

— Curtis Jackson

How can you call yourself a cosmopolitan modern person if you don't know what hip-hop is?

— KRS-One

I grew up listening to hip hop and embracing black culture, probably because it was 'outsider art.'

— Hiro Murai

We live in a society of triviality, and my music and what I'm about kind of starts to break that mold and adds more…

— Andy Mineo

Since I've been in this industry, it's been a constant fight; "Oh, he's white, he's Cuban." "He's tryin' to do hip-hop and he's too…

— Pitbull

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

I love artists who have spirituality. Jonathan Coulton is the man, I love his melodies and lyrics. Chap-hop is the bomb!

— MC Lars

Anyone who doesn't think that hip-hop is an intellectual genre, I think that assumption is rooted in racism.

— Doechii