I remember a friend of mine (who studied music) told me once:
Jazz and hip hop are not really genres. But they are actually approaches to music.
Have any famous jazz or hip hop artists held this viewpoint? May I have the resource to the interview, recording or writing where they have expressed this view, along with their reasons?
A common answer you'll get is that hip-hop is a culture with 4 pillars: breakdancing, graffiti, MCing, and DJing. The musical side of things is only one part of the entire culture. Afrika Bambaataa, an influencial early hip-hop artist has spoken about hip-hop as a cultural movement and mental approach instead of a particular musical genre: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2012/11/afrika-bambaataa-raps-early-hip-hop-history
