Hip hop Quote by Russell Simmons

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all…

— Chuck D

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

— Estelle

Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people felt like…

— Chris Cornell

Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement..

— KRS-One

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

— Doug E. Fresh

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living…

— Dan Auerbach

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

— Aloe Blacc

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

— Everlast

I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.

— Ian Astbury

Hip-hop is a collage. It samples from all different styles of music.

— Kamasi Washington

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to…

— Steve Winwood

I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.

— Raekwon