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What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.

— Talib Kweli

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money.

— Two Chainz

When you're poor, you don't want anyone to know you're poor.

— Adam Rapp

People who actually have money don't want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else.

— Curtis Jackson

A lot of rappers say 'I'm talking about stuff that goes on, what I grew up in, that I know about.' And these journalists say, 'Yeah, but you're making 80 million dollars, that stuff's not about you.' Look how long he's been making 80 million. He grew up poor in an urban city and the things he's experienced and knows.

— Stuart Scott

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.

— Mark Cuban

I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.'

— Henry Rollins

Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more.

— Jose Mujica

All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are.

— Craig Brown

✗Opposing Perspectives

Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.

— Jack Paar

Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.

— Russell Simmons