Black Quote by Kieran Hebden

When I was growing up, hip-hop music existed as American thing. If you listened to it you were listening to an American subculture, whereas…

— Jonas Carpignano

The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to…

— Vanessa Brown

If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American.

— KRS-One

Hip hop is the way it is because of America.

— Dizzee Rascal

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living…

— Dan Auerbach

Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America…

— Prince

The difference is that they [Europeans] don't have that culture about hip-hop as a lifestyle, a way of life; for them it's more of…

— K-Maro

Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music…

— will.i.am

We're a direct mirror of the audience, and that shows how hip-hop has expanded. It's no longer just an urban thing, and it's no…

— Taboo

Every artist can actually say that, that the overseas community appreciates the culture of hip-hop more, really, rather than over here. So it's fun…

— Redman

I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing like the cultural influence of hip-hop. For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's…

— Chris Paul

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

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad