To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up their dress styles and all that, but since Run DMC came out, it's been baggy jeans.
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Related I'm really into old school music when hip-hop first came out with Common, A Tribe Called Quest, ... RAVEN GOODWIN I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop.... KREAYSHAWN Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my... EMINEM For instance, one big issue in hip hop is the gay thing. It's 2013, and it's a shame that, t... ASAP ROCKY You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta... BRANDON FLOWERS I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, musi... DARREN ARONOFSKY I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know. TALIB KWELI My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single fa... 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Everyone's got their own character, and that'... JIMMY PAGE It's not for me to determine what a country artist has in common with a hip-hop artist. You go f... CLIVE DAVIS That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to a... JAY-Z House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it... CHRIS LOWE I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people ... EVE Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our Americ... TOM BRADY Speed Reader: Nothing more than… "Getting knowledge in a fast way". (Note: What's that?... DEYTH BANGER I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX That's what my music... I'm working on a solo record right now, it's gonna be more hip-h... ALAN VEGA I've been dancing since I was two, learning so many different styles. I like dancing to rap and ... JILLIAN HERVEY It's not correct to say Jesus is God. Now, don't run and report me to the bishop, all right?... RICHARD ROHR I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensi... DOUG E. FRESH I love clothes but it's a struggle for me to get out of jeans and a baggy jumper. LILY JAMES Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. WILLIAM GOLDMAN There's rock n' roll in hip-hop, there's rock n' roll in pop music, there's rock... JOHN VARVATOS It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If wome... VERA WANG What's so great about DreamWorks is that it's run by filmmakers who believe that if it's... OCTAVIA SPENCER I cleaned up my act, and I made this rap thing work for me. I thought people would respect me for th... THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL There's not a lot of pretty, young female artists that's out. It's a lot of talent out t... TYGA The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music ... TALIB KWELI I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think... MAYA LIN Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that ... NAS It's so important just to be true to yourself and to own your own character and take responsibil... BECKY LYNCH Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I ... JAY-Z Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that... BUSTA RHYMES I went to school, but nobody really noticed me. I just came to school, didn't dress up or anythi... BRYCE HARPER It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn... KARY MULLIS I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rappin... NINA SIMONE But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I real... JOHN CENA I come from a world of hip-hop, but I love all types of music, and that's what Revolt will refle... SEAN COMBS 'Moonlight' isn't an issue film. It's not about addiction, it's not about sexual... BARRY JENKINS Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on... EAZY-E I haven't experienced college life. It's the phase that my character in 'Raanjhana' ... DHANUSH I like to think that Junie B. looks at the world - and this isn't a negative comment on her - fr... BARBARA PARK I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think ... TALIB KWELI Kind of the sad thing is that - it's still true - a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and ... JOSE JAMES Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintert... LINUS TORVALDS Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, ... WARREN BEATTY My poor body, madam, requires it: I am driven on by the flesh; and he must needs go that the devil d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What you come to discover is, it isn't how you get there, it's that you get there. If that... CHARLIE SHEEN But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for ... LAURA BUSH I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot ... LUIS MIGUEL I read recently that the problem with stereotypes isn't that they are inaccurate, but that they&... TAIYE SELASI It's an album that is a little bit different and probably isn't easy to get out. It's no... BILLY SHERWOOD I haven't been brought down because people are focused on who I'm dating, what I'm eatin... GARRETT CLAYTON Living my life socially means there is a swagger to how I dress, walk; it's not about being '... BJ THE CHICAGO KID That's all there is; there isn't any more. ETHEL BARRYMORE Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... CRAIG GROESCHEL Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be. PRINCESS DIANA The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - ... WANG LEEHOM Lifting weights is obviously important, because you want to be strong and fast and all of that, but ... MARK SANCHEZ Metal isn't necessarily aggressive. There's metal that's contemplative, there's meta... JOHN DARNIELLE If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is... AFRIKA BAMBAATAA It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The ... BEN STEIN I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON Pitbull is great with brands. Endorsements with hip-hop artists work because hip-hop artists typical... ADAM KLUGER We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth... VAL KILMER At first I was a bit indignant about it, and then I realised, 'No, that's what people want, ... JULIA ORMOND Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring ... MOS DEF Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind t... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH A lot of MTV's programming is hip-hop based, and the messages are usually all about bling bling.... DARON MALAKIAN Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm ... FAT JOE It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completel... FERGIE I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don... PATRICK MACNEE I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me ... JOHN CENA We don't just hop out of bed, scratch our eyes, and become an NBA baller. It's a process. It... CHAUNCEY BILLUPS Jessi is a great person. She really is. She's been a friend to me all through all my bad times, ... WAYLON JENNINGS I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don't know that I can dance. They ... NAIMA ADEDAPO It's all make believe, isn't it? MARILYN MONROE Being a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you. FLEA Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's... CAMERON CROWE I wanna make my imprint in the game as far as music - hip-hop, and just music, period. 'Cause I ... NAYVADIUS CASH The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip ... VANESSA BROWN I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity i... MISSY ELLIOTT One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy... GARY VAYNERCHUK It's not okay to just make up false things about someone, especially in their personal life. Pro... KERI HILSON Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've bee... DIERKS BENTLEY
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