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  • There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you have whores and your ties are shiny?"

    Artist   Circles   Ties  
    Interview with Adam Mansbach, believermag.com. January 2011.
  • If you want to speak about different ethnicities and diversity, rap and hip-hop are all over the planet. Every country, from Turkey to Australia, now has tons of hip-hop artists. The music and artistry have moved way faster than the corporatization of the music. You do need organization and opportunity for these artists to express themselves, and I don't think it has to come from a corporate co-signing.

    Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio, progressive.org. July 20, 2005.
  • To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.

    Nas
    Source: www.metabunker.dk
  • 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 there's always a buzzing beneath you.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals.

  • A lot of artists have a lot of different ventures, I think it's typical for a hip hop artist, at this point, to have a bunch of different ventures.

    Source: djbooth.net
  • I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still some of my favorite.

    Music   Artist   Hip Hop  
    "Former ‘Top Chef’ star plans controversial Biggie & Tupac rap rivalry dinner". www.foxnews.com. December 22, 2014.
  • McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and more to the point, Viacom - is succeeding in extending a teenage life to twenty-nine or even thirty-one years old. It is about extending this market and removing any intelligent substance in the music.

    Song   Kings   Teenage  
    Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio, progressive.org. July 20, 2005.
  • I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around.

    Artist   White   Hip Hop  
  • There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing for those who have overcome adversity.

    Source: www.highsnobiety.com
  • Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, "You're hip-hop!" You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.

    Artist   Hip Hop   Hot  
    "Comic-Con: Jamie Foxx Talks DJANGO UNCHAINED, His Toughest Scene to Shoot, Tarantino’s Musical Dialogue and Doing a Song for the Soundtrack". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 17, 2012.
  • Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what's around them.

  • There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

    Artist   Hip Hop   Pieces  
  • A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

    "An Interview with Roy Ayers". Interview with Matt Rogers, www.popmatters.com. February 2, 2004.
  • Justin Broadrick has stated that the drum machine sound was heavily influenced by hip hop artists in the late 80s, particularly the beat on “Christbait Rising” which Broadrick was quoted as saying, “It was my attempt at copying the rhythm sample on 'Microphone Fiend' by Eric B & Rakim”.

    Artist   Hip Hop   Sound  
  • I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or hidden camera or parody. Kind of slap it in a movie with hip-hop artists and actors, comedians and girls. I just want to do something fun.

    Girl   Fun   Artist  
    Source: www.bullz-eye.com
  • The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.

    Stars   Artist   Rocks  
  • I would challenge more hip hop artists that are rapping about what it`s like to be real and the social ills that we face, if you aren`t backing Bernie Sanders, I have to question your credibility in terms of do you mean the songs you`re writing.

    Song   Real   Rap  
    Source: www.msnbc.com
  • I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

    Artist   Hip Hop   Hips  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Pitbull is great with brands. Endorsements with hip-hop artists work because hip-hop artists typically set the most trends... It's every brand's goal to be seen in the mainstream, and hip-hop music has become mainstream music.

    Artist   Goal   Hip Hop  
  • So few hip-hop artists have ever advanced. Their songs on their seventh, eighth albums sound exactly like the songs on their first album. More than an artist, I'm a real person-and real people grow. And I wanna just sing my growth.

    Song   Real   Artist  
  • If you are handed something, it's a blessing and a curse. Look at hip hop artists, they produced everything themselves. Even people like Robert De Niro are getting into production. Again, it's art vs. marketing. Not everyone can take the risk. You have to break a few eggs to make a good omelet.

    Art   Blessing   Eggs  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this dharma, this service is part of my job.

    Jobs   War   Artist  
    Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com
  • There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.

    "Cornel West, 'Living And Loving Out Loud'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. October 29, 2009.
  • Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop's another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you're talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It's like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.

    Song   Art   Self  
    "Bo Burnham, comic 'most likely to earn £1m', goes from YouTube to your town". Interview with James Kettle, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2011.
  • If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it. If they think that there's a lot of racism going on then there's another Hip Hop artist who's gonna come out and speak their mind.

  • It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

    Artist   Hip Hop   Guy  
    Source: pitchfork.com
  • Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists.

    Artist   Hip Hop   Today  
    Jonathan Franzen (2007). “How to Be Alone: Essays”, p.66, Macmillan
  • That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even rap.

    Song   Rap   Struggle  
    Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
  • It's such a phenomenon for a hip-hop artist to fully embrace his Christian roots and his faith. And that becomes something that people almost need you to justify.

    Source: www.wbur.org
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