Being real Quote by Tee Grizzley

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

Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you…

— MF Doom

The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to do with embracing a hard-nosed truth about the world…

— Todd Boyd

I don't take modern hip-hop as real. It's entertaining, it's fake, like James Bond.

— Emmanuel Jal

A lot of rappers lie about who and what they are.

— Jay IDK

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

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

— Lil Dicky

The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in…

— Ari Melber

In hip hop, 'real' has always meant one who represents in actuality what they present in imagery. For instance, once upon a time, if…

— Amanda Seales

I think hip-hop brought it on itself. When rappers got a chance to talk to the media, they would get in the interview and…

— Too Short

Well, we have to realize the truth about the person who is a hip-hop insider. Most of these people are not really insiders.

— MC Hammer

I think there's just certain lyrics and certain forms of hip-hop that definitely rang true, again, to a lot of people's truth, but you…

— Solange Knowles