Hip hop Quote by KRS-One

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 too young to put a definition on it

— Saul Williams

When I say hip-hoppers, I mean black, white, Asian, Latino, Chicano, everybody. Everybody. Hip-hop has united all races. Hip-hop has formed a platform for…

— KRS-One

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk…

— Afrika Bambaataa

You gotta understand a lot of hip-hop kids are going to have the hip-hop mentality. And it's sad because they're not educated enough to…

— Taboo

What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

— Saul Williams

Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of mind problems.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I'm a Hip Hop artist, but I understand why some people are confused about that because a lot of people have a very narrow…

— Everlast

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and…

— Kendrick Lamar

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as…

— Questlove

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and…

— Ice T

After many years of hip-hop as a nation we should have the sophistication to accept that their are distinctions between the corporate manifestation of…

— Bakari Kitwana