Change Quote by Nas

Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm glad I…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.

— Mike D

Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.

— Nas

Hip-hop went through different stages, from the beginning in the streets of the Bronx, to the whole Tri-State area and then to the rest…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living…

— Dan Auerbach

N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New…

— Nas

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as…

— Quincy Jones

Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it…

— Tupac Shakur

I think hip-hop has changed. When I first came out, hip-hop was more of a kind of way to learn about new places, new…

— Ice Cube

Now it seems like hip hop belongs to the people you see in the videos and radios. So I want to give it bring…

— Rakim

Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of…

— Fab Five Freddy

New York has changed a whole lot. For worse I think because back when I was growing up in New York we were always…

— Phife Dawg