Hip hop Quote by KRS-One

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is…

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

— Doug E. Fresh

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.

— Grandmaster Flash

Hip-hop is as much an attitude and perspective as it is a music form.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Hip-hop is about the human condition; it's about people's lives.

— Immortal Technique

Like any great art, the culture of hip-hop has changed with the times. With the state of technology, music is more accessible and freely…

— One9

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not…

— DJ Premier

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

— Questlove

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is not one thing!

— Lil Yachty

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

— Herbie Hancock