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Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
Hip Hop

"I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me"

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Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
Hip Hop

"I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out"

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Jenny Lewis Singer-songwriter, Actress
Hip Hop

"I felt like hip-hop was my music, it was like my outsider music... but then my mom started answering our phone, 'Yo, what's up.' She was hearing me talk to my friends. I was like, 'No, mom, don't cop the hip-hop talk."

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Jose James Musician, Singer
Hip Hop

"I've sort of realized there's a definite pattern to my output at this point: there's an album that everybody sort of loves, that's a real balance between the old and new, like The Dreamer or No Beginning No End, like a blend of jazz and hip-hop, or r&b and soul and hip-hop."

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Mayer Hawthorne Singer-songwriter, Producer
Hip Hop

"I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop music."

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