Back when Quote by Phife Dawg

New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of…

— Diplo

New York has definitely turned into more of, like, a hipster place.

— Justine Skye

Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should not be…

— Nas

I listened to a lot of Jay Z and Nas, stuff like that, so I was always New York-influenced. I think I have that…

— Rich the Kid

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

As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But…

— Talib Kweli

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

— Mike D

There's a lot about New York that is unique, and there's always a culture and a subculture going on everywhere.

— Phil Ramone

There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music;…

— Nick Cannon

New York has always been a city of change and a city about change, and it is a back-leading development. Nobody's going to want…

— Debbie Harry

What's changed in New York, and what made us really change our thinking about New York, is that the different neighborhoods are becoming more…

— Karen Katz

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