Community Quote by KRS-One

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

— KRS-One

Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment

— GZA

I honestly now know that I'm the physical embodiment of hip-hop on earth. That's my only purpose here on earth is to keep the…

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

— Mos Def

The Temple of Hip-Hop makes sure that we don't just approach hip-hop just through music or through rap. We approach the totality of hip-hop.

— KRS-One

Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge in hip-hop.…

— Bakari Kitwana

What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people.

— Saul Williams

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

— KRS-One

I really love the culture of hip-hop.

— Nipsey Hussle

We need to support the people who are making real hip-hop.

— Redman

Hip-hop is substance. It's social. It's science - that's what it started off as. We have fun, and we still having fun; ain't nothing…

— Lecrae