Here, meanwhile, is a great rap video about Alexander Hamilton.
He knew exactly what he wanted to do and what was expected of him; he had a great rap, a great act".
Warhol's silkscreened gemstones are shown in ultra-violet light, Haring has a great rap soundtrack, Koons gets all the floodlight he could want.
Cool Kids The Cool Kids - Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks - are Chicago's great rap hope, the self-professed "new black version of the Beastie Boys".
During a Reddit AMA, one half of Outkast, Big Boi, had this exchange: User: 'With all the hype of "Straight Out of Compton" [sic] It has made curious of other great rap stories.
What's left reaffirms the Neptunes' credentials as fearless sonic innovators - eradicating the memory of Pharrell Williams' underwhelming recent solo album at a stroke - and fast-tracks Clipse into the pantheon of great rap lyricists.
Two years after a debut that had instantly had him placed in the top rank of the all-time great rap lyricists, Nas's second album caused some consternation.
Asked whether Nickelodeon had been inspired by seeing clips of its old shows on YouTube, Ms. Zarghami said, "It wasn't so much about our stuff, it was their take" on it — homemade homages like "one guy that sang a great rap song about wanting his old Nick back".
You can see Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded as a great rap album dragged down by pandering, but you could equally see it as a triumph that one of the biggest pop records of the year leads off with a half-dozen tracks of blistering, filthy, idea-jammed hip-hop.
Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features Updated at 11.29am GMT 5.37pm GMT This is the first time I've ever seen a picture of Bastille and I may not be the first person to bring this up but, doesn't Chris Woody Woodod (great rap name) look like Corey Feldman?
