"Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture."
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"Most of the hip-hop people are very straight."
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"I'm now becoming a bit more cognizant of what's going on and the responsibility of being a public figure and also being white and being in Hip-Hop."
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"Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say about it is that sometimes you have to see that kind of stuff so as to have a more balanced view about why it's so bad."
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"Bouncing in the club where the heat is on, All night on the beach till the break of dawn"
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"Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music."
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"Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they actually end up limiting what hip-hop can be."
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"I played a little bit of everything. I got Ace of Bass, hip-hop songs, and dance hall [music]."
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"I ain't calling me God. I'm just doing my part on where I think hip hop should go. I think hip hop should be about more money, crazier sounds, different beats."
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"Only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die In L.A. we wearin Chucks not Ballies (that's right)"
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"Im a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in 96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, Who is this guy? Hes dope! First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, Eh. He started to get really successful. He wasnt mine anymore."
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"Hip-hop is such a wide statement of culture that everyone is not the same, and it's impossible to put it into one box."
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"Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop."
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"I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive."
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"Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life."
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"Сommercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures with Donald Trump and the heroes of capitalism - you know that's not rebellion. That's not "the street" - that's Wall Street."
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"The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community."
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"What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people."
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"Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it"
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"What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves."
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