Hip Hop Quotes

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and it's very different now. When you make it as pop and as soft as it is, it lacks its integrity. It lacks its accountability. It lacks a lot of other things that came from that dangerous time in hip hop.”

Integrity Rap Hip Hop

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Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor

“Brothers keep asking Ice Cube, 'Yo, when will you bust?' They surround me and make a big fuss”

Brother Hip Hop Ice

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Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor

“You the devil in drag. You can burn your cross, Well, I'll burn your flag.”

Rap Devil

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Nas

Rapper, Songwriter

“Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.”

America Causes

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. Finally, I was just looking at the situation and I said, "I wanna document hip-hop, as an art form, seeing how a lot of people don't take it seriously."”

People Art Hip Hop

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."”

Artist Hip Hop Competition

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.”

Long Rap Hip Hop

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you." It's very competitive.”

Sports Rap Hip Hop

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.”

Culture Rap Hip Hop

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Nas

Rapper, Songwriter

“There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.”

Games Space Hip Hop

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Nas

Rapper, Songwriter

“In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.”

Order Hip Hop Pioneers

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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Actress, Director, Producer

“Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance.”

Want Laughing Hip Hop

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