Experience Quote by Princess Nokia

I think that brown people are attracted to rock music because it speaks on the spectrum of pain that brown people are predisposed to.

— Princess Nokia

The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the surface people…

— Bakari Kitwana

I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than any teacher's…

— Henry Rollins

I grew up in a largely black community during the '70s and '80s that scoffed at 'white' music. That music - folk, rock, some…

— Hilton Als

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

— Archie Shepp

I think that if you hear music young, whatever music you hear influences you. I'm white, but I've been influenced by black music.

— Lisa Stansfield

I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or…

— Kid Rock

Everybody likes music. And rock 'n' roll - that was the music that brought white youth and black youth together for the first time…

— Daryl Davis

Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids - everyone under…

— Michael Rapaport

White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes, but hip-hop…

— Narada Michael Walden

I think kids in Europe have developed a deeper knowledge of music and of black music in particular. You go to Europe, and these…

— Lenny Kravitz

There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things…

— Sam Phillips