I got beef with commercial-ass niggas with gold teeth Lampin' in a Lexus eatin' beef..

Do you ever think about when you outta here? Record deal and video, outta here!? Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!?.

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop.

I haven't come to tell you I've got juice I just produce, create, innovate on a higher level.

I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil..

Rebel, renegade, must stay paid..

If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS has introduced the concept of being hip-hop, not ju….

It's not about a salary, it's all about reality..

So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live..

You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you?.

Hip-hop definitely saved my life. Being able to write about the things I was doing, the things I was seein' and all that stuff, putting that on paper….

I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary; Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary, You might have to pull your AK, send one to th….

I personally respect Bobby. He does really well on stage. Although I don't think his raps are exceptional or that he has a wide spectrum, his ability….

Am I one part R&B? Sure, but I'm also part soulful, and I'm old school funk, I'm pop, I'm rock, I'm hip hop, I'm all of those things. I don't wanna b….

Birds, birds, birds, I'm a Pet Shop Boy.

We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. ….

How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and….

Y'all mythological niggas is comical, The astronomical is comin' thru like tha flu bombin' you... And embalmin' in your crew, too. With the musica….

I'm not sayin I'm a pothead, cause I'm not. I'm just sayin that I smoke a lot..

I live or die for hip-hop and it's a beautiful form but you're a writer first and foremost..

The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69..