Culture Quote by Kerby Jean-Raymond

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Vanilla Ice

New Orleans is just so full of culture in the music content - blues, folk. I was introduced to a lot of things. My…

— Luke James

I've studied rap in every borough.

— Gza

I feel like your city - with hip hop in particular, because we're always beating our chest and shouting where we're from - your…

— Talib Kweli

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

— Ice T

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

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and…

— Saul Williams

I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.

— Gina Rodriguez

The way I rap is very west coast.

— Blueface

I grew up in the suburbs, and I listened to hip-hop for the right reasons, which was to understand a culture that was beyond…

— Jensen Karp

I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.

— John Catsimatidis