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 anything, that might be the strongest similarity between hip-hop and comic books, with super heroes, like many rappers, fighting to make a change.

Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture.

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 those who have overcome adversity.

I do think that hip-hop has a relationship with comic book culture, and Kung Fu movies too, for that matter.

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.

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

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