Chance Quote by Too Short

There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't it hilarious…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

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

— MC Hammer

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

People so obsessed with being real in hip-hop because they don't want people to think that they're lying.

— Tee Grizzley

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to…

— Questlove

A lot of the time, people think rappers just live inside this bubble. No, the reality is there is conversation that happens. It's not…

— Thundercat

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It's very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It's not really based on a label anymore. Everything…

— Travis Scott

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

— Kodie Shane

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I…

— El-P

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is…

— Macklemore