hip hop, n.All

Hip hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.

Hip hop is like sword fighting. you gotta keep your blade sharpened.

Hip hop is a mixture of poetry and boxing.

Hip hop is like sex. you can't get in if you ain't hard.

Hip hop is a movement whose ongoing disrespect of women has literally broken down our character, creating a market that is predictably hostile to female performers.

Hip hop is a sport, built on competition.

Hip hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

Hip hop is a lot like journalism. One could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.