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Reggae was always playing at home in East Ham when I was growing up. Loud music would be coming from the bedroom, and downstairs…

— Kano

I rap and I sing, so then you've got a bit of hip-hop in there. I'm Jamaican, so you got a bit of dancehall.…

— Stefflon Don

I've always been attracted to something that's a little bit left - Korean R&B, South African hip-hop. I'm really curious about my homies back…

— Masego

I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took the dancehall…

— DJ Khaled

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

— Grace Jones

Sometimes I'm in Boston or Washington or Chicago and think I'm in Jamaica because I hear more reggae on the radio in these places…

— Rita Marley

I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out, you party,…

— Kat Dahlia

Many people in the neighborhood liked hip-hop and house music, and I couldn't play that. You can't perform that on guitar or drums, which…

— Jimmy Page

Everything that I see around me in Jamaica comes out in my music.

— Koffee

Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide open, and…

— Michael Franti

When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music.

— Michael Franti

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

— KRS-One