Easier Quote by Willie Nelson

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

— Dennis Rodman

I guess it's easier to bash rap artists than to talk about the country's real problems, such as the AIDS crisis, poverty, the cost…

— Bushwick Bill

Poverty brings people to drastic measures and that's what the hardcore gangsta rap scene is about. It's called freedom of expression. People should be…

— Bushwick Bill

..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal.

— Sean Paul

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really have their…

— Rahki

As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two of us,…

— David Banner

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that…

— Saul Williams

Rap is good for politics because when you make a rap record, you put good music on a track and people listen to you.…

— Big Daddy Kane

I can't expect rappers to be politicized when Americans are not socially motivated enough to care about their own lives and public policy as…

— Killer Mike