“Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists.”
Jonathan Franzen (1959) novelist
Voices in the Wilderness The Guardian (Saturday 28 September 2002).
"Phone Home"
1990s, Tha Carter III (2008)
“Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists.”
Jonathan Franzen (1959) novelist
Voices in the Wilderness The Guardian (Saturday 28 September 2002).
“Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it”
Mos Def (1973) American rapper and actor
From "Hip-Hop"
Album Black On Both Sides
Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter
2013 Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S78tT_YxF_c
“I call [my music] ho-wop. It's the flavor of hip-hop, the flavor of doo-wop, and hoes.”
Eamon (singer) (1984) American singer
Quotes from interviews
“Officially I've been crowned as Hip-Hop's Historian.”
Marcus Orelias (1993) American actor, rapper, songwriter, author and entrepreneur
Blackouts
20s A Difficult Age (2017)
Chris Cornell (1964–2017) American singer-songwriter, musician
Chris Cornell Flashback Q&A: 'We Have to Be Aware That Life Is So Short', Yahoo!, May 19, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/chris-cornell-flashback-qa-aware-life-short-023857577.html, <br class="br">Solo career Era
Nas (1973) American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur
One Time 4 Your Mind
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“Hip Hop is prosecution evidence/ The out of court settlement/ Ad space for liquor”
Mos Def (1973) American rapper and actor
From "Hip-Hop"
Album Black On Both Sides
“There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span.”
John Mayer (1977) guitarist and singer/songwriter
AIM Celebrity Interview http://music.aol.com/artists/aim_celebrity_interview/john_mayer (November 2005)