Music Quote by Nikesh Shukla

“Rap started on the street, and religion is everywhere, even on the streets.”

— Ebony A. Utley

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

— David Foster Wallace

“If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we got to be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody…

— Tupac Shakur

I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

— Eminem

I can't stand rap…people who can't sing do rap…you can sing rebellion as well as talk it…Hitler would have been in a rap band.

— John Entwistle

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is…

— Stephen Glover

Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against…

— Chuck D

“The voices you hear today are to remind you we have rights, and we are going to make sure you know what they are,…

— Jeffrey G. Duarte

With rap music, because it's all so on the street, you get treated like a street cat: "All right, you've been eatin' enough, you're…

— Nas