Boxes Quote by Russell Simmons

I think hip-hop always shifts culture.

— Yo Gotti

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk…

— Afrika Bambaataa

We gotta let hip-hop grow. We gotta let it go through its different phases throughout the different places that's accepting it.

— Rakim

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

Hip-hop is not one thing. There are 50 different approaches to making it and showing it.

— Too Short

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America…

— Prince

Hip-hop in general is an amalgamation of different things.

— Everlast

I think that's one thing that hinders hip-hop and I think when everybody tries to be the same... That's why people look at the…

— Fabolous

You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in…

— Talib Kweli

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not…

— DJ Premier

Hip-hop is not one thing!

— Lil Yachty