Argument Quote by Shelby Steele

Conservatives have rightly attacked rap for its misogyny, violence and over-the-top vulgarity. But it is important to remember that this music is a fairly…

— Shelby Steele

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to,…

— Samantha Morton

Mothers watch Son's walk through the door for the last time 'till they go view at the morgue. Life is deep, we all just…

— Cormega

Rap is purging itself from the things it didn't need and it's allowing the younger dudes to come up. With that being said you're…

— Mic Geronimo

I think rap is all about what you feel about a situation and not just about cars, alcohol and women.

— Raftaar

I rap when I'm rich. I rap when I'm broke. I rap when I'm bullshit in the street. I rap about only having one…

— Killer Mike

You can't argue that hip-hop rots away the moral character of kids or rots their brain and still see middle-class white kids going to…

— Killer Mike

Poverty brings people to drastic measures and that's what the hardcore gangsta rap scene is about. It's called freedom of expression. People should be…

— Bushwick Bill

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the…

— Ice Cube

I know that in the rap game you've got a lot of people, that come from poverty, was born in poverty and if it…

— Jon Connor

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