- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-Hop Quotes
Lines from artists shaped by the culture.
This set gathers reflections from artists who grew up inside hip-hop rather than discovering it later, describing the sound as hardcore and edgy from the start. One performer credits watching concerts, not formal classes, for shaping their style. See our Music collection for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm definitely not making fun of hip-hop.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy characters.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-hop has taken a lot of different routes throughout the years, man. I've been around since 1986.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel somewhere in 2016 every Bollywood movie was starting to have at least one hip-hop track which got it the mainstream vibe.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-hop music was our life.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sickle cell was my life before hip-hop. I ain't really have no life - that was it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love hip-hop, R&B, techno and Latin.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-hop and country aren't too far different: They got shiny suits and the boots and the guitars with their names on it. I was infatuated with that type of stuff.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the hip-hop nation.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Ye is important to hip-hop.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really love the culture of hip-hop.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
L.A. hip-hop is so different; it's so diverse. Out here, it's, like, funk-inspired; it's, like, '70s-skating-rink-inspired at times. It's Zapp-and-Roger-inspired; it's house-party-era-inspired.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020