Backgrounds Quote by Kid Cudi

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

Being born in the adolescent years of hip hop helped us learn about flux. And when you're in an industry that is constantly growing,…

— Troy Carter

There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that needs to…

— Sofia Quintero

I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my…

— Mark Wahlberg

I felt that I'm a real important part when it comes to hip-hop, but maybe not so much in the industry, so I felt…

— Styles P

Hip-hop had become overly aspirational and shiny, full of vivid technicolors. Cosmetic fronting was not part of the ethos of our get down. Our…

— Lyor Cohen

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 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've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like,…

— Raekwon

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

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

— Estelle

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap.

— Moshe Kasher