Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter
2013 Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S78tT_YxF_c
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
“Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists.”
Jonathan Franzen (1959) novelist
Voices in the Wilderness The Guardian (Saturday 28 September 2002).
Lil Wayne (1982) American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
"Phone Home"
1990s, Tha Carter III (2008)
“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)
“Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it”
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)
“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
Naomi Klein (1970) Canadian author and activist
Source: No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies 1999, Chapter Three, "Alt. Everything"
Nas (1973) American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur
One Time 4 Your Mind
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
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