Balance Quote by Saul Williams

Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem,…

— Russell Simmons

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

Hip-hop is not one thing!

— Lil Yachty

Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too.

— Prefuse 73

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is…

— 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 music, in my opinion, is still very closed-minded, and if you're trying to do something that's too different, you get categorized as trying…

— Alexander Spit

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and…

— Ice T

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

— Herbie Hancock

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

— Everlast

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 has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.

— Grandmaster Flash