Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black at this pivotal time in history.

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I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to...

The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language...

Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language...

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz...

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz...

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has...

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has...

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That...

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

Hold up your cups and sing along, to one more drinking song.

Hold up your cups and sing along, to one more drinking song.