Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement.

I make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace.

Real men are real friends, showing their real commitment.

You are not doing hip hop; you ARE hip hop.

Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.

It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools.

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.