Affected Quote by RZA

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

Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music…

— will.i.am

The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music.

— Chuck D

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

You want to buy cars and houses and castles, all of that's on you and how America has systematized your mind to be into…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going…

— Jay-Z

Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society is offering…

— Bakari Kitwana

Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious sort of…

— Simon de Pury

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

— KRS-One

What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so…

— M.I.A

The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for everybody that…

— Fat Joe

I can admit there are some problems in hip hop but it is only a reflection of what's taking place in our society. Hip…

— David Banner