Truth Quote by MC Hammer

Well, we have to realize the truth about the person who is a hip-hop insider. Most of these people are not really insiders. They…

— MC Hammer

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have…

— Russell Simmons

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a…

— Busta Rhymes

People so obsessed with being real in hip-hop because they don't want people to think that they're lying.

— Tee Grizzley

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who are really…

— Talib Kweli

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'm not a pioneer of hip-hop; I just saw it and said, 'This thing is incredible, and these people are incredible. They should be…

— Jimmy Iovine

The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for everybody that…

— Fat Joe

You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in…

— Talib Kweli

Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists…

— Nas

Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood.

— Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five