Hip hop Quote by Sofia Quintero

Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.

— Mike D

I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't…

— Michael Rapaport

I was in high school and college as hip-hop was really sort of coming into its own as a, you know, creative force, as…

— Rick Famuyiwa

I experienced Hip-Hop first-hand in the Bronx with the boys in New York; people like the Rock Steady Crew and The Dynamic Rockers, I…

— Goldie

I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop.

— KRS-One

Hip-hop music was our life.

— Prodigy

New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.

— J.I.D

Hip-hop had become overly aspirational and shiny, full of vivid technicolors. Cosmetic fronting was not part of the ethos of our get down. Our…

— Lyor Cohen

Being born in the adolescent years of hip hop helped us learn about flux. And when you're in an industry that is constantly growing,…

— Troy Carter

Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.

— Erykah Badu

The younger generation of hip-hop artists believes in doing something irreverent, inventing a new style. That's all it's about.

— Kodie Shane

For those of us who grew in the early hip hop era, that music shaped us in a way to be in a position…

— Rick Famuyiwa