Always Quote by Kid Cudi

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

— Ice Cube

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

— Gina Rodriguez

I come from Eastside Buffalo and prison cells. That's the beauty about hip-hop. It just brings everybody together.

— Westside Gunn

Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture.

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.

— Obie Trice

Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm glad I…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I'm still an outsider in the hip hop community. I don't even know if I'm making hip hop anymore.

— Yung Lean

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

— Baratunde Thurston

I kind of grew up with hip hop and of course being from Detroit I'm a Motown man. Music is in our blood. When…

— Eric Thomas

I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me.

— Wale

The moment I made that decision to get in the studio and actually work and study the culture of hip-hop, then everything just started…

— Kendrick Lamar

It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try…

— Ice T