Deep Quote by Prodigy

Mobb Deep is a street-rap group. We from off the streets.

— Prodigy

I'm not a good musician, but I did my homework and I knew this was my way out of profound poverty.

— Haim Saban

Poverty brings people to drastic measures and that's what the hardcore gangsta rap scene is about. It's called freedom of expression. People should be…

— Bushwick Bill

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

— Ida B. Wells

I collaborated with so many people from Chicago - so many Black people, young Black women organizations like BYP100 and Assata's Daughters. Just being…

— Vic Mensa

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our…

— Bill Frist

We're all from very un-wealthy families, and we came together more naturally than most bands do.

— Luke Hemmings

“a cacophony of clanging and yelling—poverty’s soundtrack.”

— Hugh Howey

Poverty is the great reality. That is why the artist seeks it.

— Anais Nin

For those of us who grew in the early hip hop era, that music shaped us in a way to be in a position…

— Rick Famuyiwa

Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban…

— Russell Simmons

Black people, we built America, and we gave it all of its pop culture and all of its great musical genres.

— Robert Glasper