Before Quote by KRS-One Download Open image “There was no hip-hop before Afrika Bambaataa.” — KRS-One ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Before Hip hop
No one ever really talks about the punk-rock involvement in hip-hop, which influenced Afrika Bambaata. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it. — K'naan Copy Share Image
Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that makind enjoyed... — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Without white South Africa realizing what it had done - and on the basis of that realization having the courage to ask for forgiveness… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
If there was no black man there would be no Rock'n'Roll. The beat, the rhythms of Africa are what created Rock'n'Roll and Jazz. — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
If you think about it, hip-hop came out of nothing. It was a response to oppression. — Cordae Copy Share Image
I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and… — Letta Mbulu Copy Share Image
I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin'… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light of this,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm the prophet of hip hop for real. Maybe I do come with some kind of divine principle behind me, because I know… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something, that only… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around,… — Banks Copy Share Image
My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it… — Reed Hastings Copy Share Image
For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes, that the… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
I've been told before, and I tend to believe it, I'm not like most actresses out there. — Moira Kelly Copy Share Image
Before I got addicted to comedy, I was seriously thinking about playing tennis full time. I joined the tennis team and played with a… — Carrot Top Copy Share Image
But even before I was in the military, I was extremely jumpy when asleep. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
