Culture Quote by Kendrick Lamar

I was just a kid in love with hip hop music. I love music. I love the culture. I wanted to be a part…

— Troy Carter

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

— Nipsey Hussle

Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.

— Lupe Fiasco

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 got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and…

— Robert Glasper

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of…

— James Vincent McMorrow

I fell in love with hip-hop at an early age as a culture, as a sound, both from the perspective of a fan and…

— G-Eazy

At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the…

— Flo Rida

I feel like everything I do in the hip-hop world has an influence. People don't really notice what I did until somebody else does…

— ASAP Rocky

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

— Ichiro Suzuki

Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an intellectual pursuit.

— Gza

I love hip-hop, so what I do is done with respect, but there was a very closed-minded attitude toward live instruments and music that…

— Everlast