A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.
Isaac Hayes

All I can say is that I've had too many people in the hip-hop industry really like what I'm doing. I know where I'm coming from, and the album speaks for itself.
Brian Austin Green

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
Oscar Robertson

Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.
Sean Paul

Hip-hop is a vehicle.
Talib Kweli

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.
Missy Elliot

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.
Doug E. Fresh

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
Talib Kweli

Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!
Lauryn Hill

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
Afrika Bambaataa

I can put a hip-hop beat to reggae. That is, I can have real reggae in the drums and in the rhythm, and on top of it I can put The Rolling Stones' feeling, anyone's feeling on top. Nobody has ever done this before, man.
Ike Turner

I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.
Alan Vega

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
Kid Rock

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.
Chad Hugo

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.
Jackie Collins

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.
Luther Campbell

I like Nine Inch Nails, and I like hip-hop.
Axl Rose

I love the hip-hop nation.
Pam Grier

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got.
Missy Elliot

I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.
Julia Stiles