Because Quote by Nate Ruess

I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I…

— Lil Dicky

To its credit, hip-hop is my favorite genre, to this day, and it's hard not to be influenced by the culture and by the…

— Miguel

Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I think hip-hop…

— Common

I've always loved hip-hop, since I was a kid, that's the music that I loved. I think everyone of our generation kind of fantasized…

— Joaquin Phoenix

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of…

— James Vincent McMorrow

Well I listened to mostly rock music, and I felt like hip hop was like an extension of rock music when it was done…

— Rick Rubin

I fell in love with hip-hop at an early age as a culture, as a sound, both from the perspective of a fan and…

— G-Eazy

I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.

— Mat Kearney

What I feel with the best of hip-hop music and with the best of what has been produced by hip-hop culture is that it's…

— Simon de Pury

I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life.

— Craig Robinson

Hip-hop was the music that actually got me excited about it and the actual prospect of performing. I think I loved music from an…

— Rag'n'Bone Man

The hip-hop aesthetic and the way it's produced always motivated me. Alongside that I was still wanting to make great traditional songs because I've…

— James Vincent McMorrow