Culture Quote by Mr. T

There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you have whores…

— Pharoahe Monch

I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now…

— Tom Colicchio

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to…

— Questlove

For what it's worth, I've been a hip-hopper from birth. Try to disrespect, and get your ass played up like a Smurf.

— Extra P

I'm a rapper but I don't f**k with that hip-hop s**t. You understand? I'm home, I take care of my family. I f**k with…

— Sean Price

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. The reason I was able to listen to it…

— Moshe Kasher

“So I'm all, "Owned! Bee-yatch! Dog fucking owned you!" Doing a minor booty dance of ownage, perhaps, in retrospect, a bit prematurely. (I believe…

— Christopher Moore

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? ‘Man, that’s gay’ gets dropped on the…

— Macklemore

Rappers have always thought they were better than me. And the media has always thought that I was not relevant to hip-hop, so therefore,…

— Too Short

I find it fascinating how hip hop as a culture mirrors every mythology from the beginning of mythology. The concept of the single mother…

— KRS-One

In the history of the hip hop world...there has been one, single, solitary human being in the history of the world. One female rapper…

— Nicki Minaj

I was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying to hear…

— A-Trak