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Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.

— Ice T

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

— Questlove

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

— Method Man

Rap is not Hip-hop.Rap is part of Hip-hop culture

— Zeno Nkanyane

Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture.

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

I find it fascinating how hip hop as a culture mirrors every mythology from the beginning of mythology. The concept of the single mother…

— KRS-One

When hip-hop was new and raw, it was all about being an MC. You wanted to be respected as a lyricist. But as the…

— Big Daddy Kane

All music now is influenced by Hip Hop. It's so deeply ingrained in the culture.

— Aeriel Miranda

It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try…

— Ice T

Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from our parents.

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.

— Afrika Bambaataa