American Quote by Shelby Steele

There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem…

— Russell Simmons

So, rap has that quality, for youth anyway; it's a kind of blues element. It's physical, almost gymnastic. It speaks to you organically. Rap…

— Archie Shepp

A lot of white men in the music industry are promoting and participating in black culture in a way that is pretty careless. They…

— Kelela

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

— Archie Shepp

Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is…

— Stephen Glover

People need to realize that because black people have been established in the U.S. for a lot longer than in the U.K., the culture's…

— AJ Tracey

“It is not surprising that young white males – most between thirty and forty – play major roles in the production of hip-pop. It’s…

— bell hooks

I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it…

— Ice Cube

As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two of us,…

— David Banner

Music is one of those businesses in which, if you're talented and hustle hard enough, you can make it - specifically as an entrepreneur.…

— Troy Carter

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

— Barry White

One out of three black men are in the criminal justice system in some form. Their despair is beginning to resonate through the entire…

— Robert Bly