America Quote by Lyor Cohen

I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had…

— Jay-Z

We brought fashion, fun, and femininity to hip hop.

— Pepa

Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem,…

— Russell Simmons

Hip-hop started as this niche moment, and the values of it, the cultures that it carried on its back; language, clothes, the way you…

— Steve Stoute

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small, rural town…

— Steve Stoute

Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.

— Nipsey Hussle

I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong.…

— Iggy Azalea

If you think about it, hip-hop came out of nothing. It was a response to oppression.

— Cordae

I feel like Hip Hop culture has always been about [fashion]...it started in the street so it has always been a thing of the…

— Pusha T

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

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

— KRS-One

Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban…

— Russell Simmons