Hip hop Quote by Russell Simmons Download Open image “Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.” — Russell Simmons ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Hip hop Hips Hops People Poor Poor people Poverty Voice Voiceless
Hip-hop was born of people who did not have a voice. They were not heard. And those people exist and are a part of… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is about the human condition; it's about people's lives. — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't like that… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you… — Wale Copy Share Image
If you think about it, hip-hop came out of nothing. It was a response to oppression. — Cordae Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change. — Doug E. Fresh Copy Share Image
Is hip hop, just a euphemism for a new religion the soul music for the slaves that the youth is missing. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
As hip-hop artists, you have to take the music seriously, not just as a way to get rich. — Xzibit Copy Share Image
Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture. — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
I'm born into the cycle of giving that we're all born into, and I recognize it. So just because something is a good business,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I gave birth to most of them MC's... So when it comes around to the month of May, Send me your royalty check for… — Roxanne Shante Copy Share Image
Couples Therapy' is pretty big for me because it's opening the door to a new audience - a hip-hop following, which I feel is… — Carmen Carrera Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express yourself, the… — El-P Copy Share Image
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