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Hip-hop has crossed many boundaries and racial barriers, broken them down for people to come together, to listen to the music or come out…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Every artist can actually say that, that the overseas community appreciates the culture of hip-hop more, really, rather than over here. So it's fun…

— Redman

Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too.

— Prefuse 73

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

— KRS-One

I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth that's just…

— Chuck D

The borders and boundaries of hip-hop have been broken all over the world. There's a great scene everywhere you go.

— Shane Bunting

East Coast, West Coast, all that needs to cease. Everyone wants hip-hop to be this big empire, but we're not going to get to…

— Da Brat

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

— Ice Cube

Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place…

— Talib Kweli

Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music…

— will.i.am

There's not enough people being daring and different. There are a lot of followers in hip-hop.

— Biz Markie

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as…

— Quincy Jones