After much talk about Hip Hop and all its 'goings-ons' its always informative to hear a real vet speak about the game he's been in for years.

KRS-One: “Def Jam Killed Hip-Hop”

“There really would be no hip-hop as we know it today if it wasn’t for Def Jam. But you don’t get that respect without also being the label that single-handedly destroyed hip-hop."
-KRS One

Raps the Knowledge Movement in “Hip Hop Lives”

“Hip means to know, it’s a form of intelligence/To be Hip is to be up-date and relevant/Hop is a form of movement/You can’t just observe a Hop/You gotta Hop up and do it/Hip and Hop is more than music/Hip is the Knowledge/Hop is the Movement”
-KRS One