Early Quote by Lil B

Hate is indeed self-destructive, and this is what real Hip Hop must avoid at all cost.

— KRS-One

I'm a music lover and I hate to hate on any music because people are just doing their best.

— Bridget Everett

When I was growing up, there was hate. I looked around and saw that it was so wrong. I got to go round the…

— David Bryan

I find it hard to not like music if it has passion behind it and good integrity. Only if it's made for the wrong…

— Jack Garratt

The aggressiveness of it attracted me to hip-hop because I was angry inside. I was an angry kid because of the sickle cell. So…

— Prodigy

I get upset when people knock hip-hop, because I can absolutely see the musicality in it. These days, when I'm listening to records by…

— Elton John

Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's…

— Ezra Koenig

I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I…

— Lil Dicky

I love all forms of music. I even like music I dislike, because the music you dislike is like going to a strange country,…

— Richard Flanagan

I just loved listening to hip-hop, I love the words. The angry words resonated with me.

— Okieriete Onaodowan

I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music.

— Neil Drumming

I've always had that feeling for the dark side, for the anger and the hate-rock. The music is just the way I deal with…

— Hank Williams III