Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman; the voice of the people. If a…

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Much of hip-hop, like comic books, is fantastical by nature, too.

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

When you are creating something artistically and are speaking to or representing a culture that you know truthfully, you are doing a good job.

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

That's always been the process of our music, in a sense, keeping it simple, not being so heavy that you are beating people over the head, it's just w…

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

In 2016, the conversation of the black experience is so broad, and it's very raw. I mean, c'mon, we have a black president. That's a major thing, and…

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

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 tho…

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

The basic idea of a hero rising up to represent an oppressed or disenfranchised group of people is as true to hip-hop as it is comic book lore.

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad

I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even if that culture isn't a hi…

- Ali Shaheed Muhammad