Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it.
Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.
Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.
I'm a big hip hop fan.
I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music.
People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music.
My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years.
We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that...
I love all types of music. Jazz, classical, blues, rock, hip-hop. I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music inspires me to write. It's either music playing or completely silent. Sometimes distant sound fuels you. In New York...
I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing like the cultural influence of hip-hop. For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.
For instance, one big issue in hip hop is the gay thing. It's 2013, and it's a shame that, to this day, that topic still gets people all excited. It's crazy. And it makes me upset that this topic even matters when it comes to hip hop, because it make...
I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.
Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.
My style is black. It's hip-hop. It's who I am.
I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.
I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.
I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.
I'm a huge hip-hop fan from way back in the day.
I want to plug back into the hip-hop audience. Whether it be fans who grew up watching 'Yo!', or people who have become familiar with the culture via the Internet.
Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
