Careless Quote by Solange Knowles

The way you respect hip-hop is by being true to yourself.

— Lil Dicky

I think every generation has that movement of hip-hop that you know you're playing it and you definitely have that moment of like, "Why…

— Solange Knowles

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a…

— Busta Rhymes

Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of mind problems.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

— KRS-One

The truth is hip hop has always complemented jazz and vice versa, but there's always been this communication barrier that exists based on music…

— Thundercat

Hip-hop is a way of life. It isn't a genre in truth in 'American Idol.'

— Nigel Lythgoe

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and…

— Kendrick Lamar

Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear growing up…

— Karamo Brown

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have…

— Russell Simmons

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is…

— Barack Obama

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