All these names we’re using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAWhen you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.
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I’m as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. My style comes from looking at what came before me, and from visiting a lot of places.
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A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don’t know what they’re talking about. They just think of the rappers.
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I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
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Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what’s around them.
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There’s a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase.
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I always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
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Don’t get caught up on ‘I’m brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.’ You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492?
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November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.
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Powers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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Thanks to my traveling, and keeping up from place to place, and pushing our ideology – peace, love, unity, and having fun – it has worked.
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Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There’s the rap which is a form of hip hop culture.
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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that’s going on between the East and West.
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