Hip hop Quote by MC Hammer

Every generation brings its own presentation of what hip-hop is to them.

— KRS-One

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something…

— Anonymous

“Hip Hop Generation “captures the collective hopes and nightmares, ambitions and failures of those who would otherwise be described as “post-this” or “post-that.” ”

— Jeff Chain in "Can't Stop Won't Stop A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

I think every generation has that movement of hip-hop that you know you're playing it and you definitely have that moment of like, "Why…

— Solange Knowles

Hip-hop is youthful. The youth determines which direction it's gonna go. I think your thoughts and your visions starts to change, and you start…

— Lloyd Banks

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is…

— Barack Obama

I know that everyone has their own ideas about what the good life is, and hip hop has especially strong ideas about it. It's…

— Trip Lee

We gotta let hip-hop grow. We gotta let it go through its different phases throughout the different places that's accepting it.

— Rakim

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

— Doug E. Fresh

Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.

— Rakim

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 an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is…

— KRS-One