Rap Music 101

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Outkast

"Hey Ya"

Odd Future

"Odd Future" can also be called "Wolf Gang" (Golf Wang)

Hoodie Allen

"Rap music"

Lupe Fiasco

"Show Goes On"

N.W.A.

"Straight outta Compton"

Wu Tang Clan

"Wu Tang Clan ain't nothin' to f*ck wit"

50 Cent

A classic

Kanye West

A revolutionary

Mac Miller

A white kid who's actually decent at this rap thing

Eazy E

Also straight outta Compton

A Tribe Called Quest

Ask Brian

Kid Cudi

Better stoner rap

Ice T

Law and Order SVU

French Montana

I don't know

Nas

I don't know

Shaggy

I don't know if he's considered a rapper but he sings that song "Wasn't Me"

Macklemore (and Ryan Lewis?)

If you managed to get through this year without knowing who Macklemore is, I commend you

The Game

Literally no idea- ask Brian

Chance the Rapper

Look him up on YouTube, I listen to his albums while I work

A$AP Rocky

Look up "Problems"... or don't it won't change anything

MGK

Machine Gun Kelly

Lil' Jon

"Yeahhhh"

Sage the Gemini

"slow down, grab the wall"

Watsky

"white boy raps fast"

Ludacris

"you forgot Ludacris, that's ludicrous"

A$AP Ferg

(Don't know what he looks like; may not be him)

Andre 3000

Actor, Rapper, Cartoon series star

Trinidad James

Associated with the popular phrase "popped a molly, I'm sweatin'"

Jay-Z

Biggest name in rap in my opinion Could secretly be running the country Married to Beyonce

Schoolboy Q

Collard Greens

Tupac Shakur

Deceased

Iggy Azalea

Fancy

Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls

From New York, I think he is associated with a gang associated with Tupac's death Also deceased

Dr. Dre

Good music. Instrumental to Eminem's rise onto the rap scene

Kendrick Lamar

Got "robbed" at the Grammy's by Macklemore

Big Sean

Had like two good songs but seems respectable

Mac Lethal

He sat on a guys shoulders in the crowd at Warped Tour last year with me and James. We gave him a box of cereal.

Tyler, The Creator

Most popular member of rap group "Odd Future"

LL Cool J

NCIS LA

Joey Bada$$

No images available

Earl Sweatshirt

No images because they are all Tyler The next most popular member of Odd Future

Yung Lean

No images matched the term I entered apparently, furthering the question "What is Yung Lean?" as stated by Brian Leff

B.o.b.

No images would come up in Quizlet's search and I would have to upgrade my account to upload a picture so here's a link to his face -> http://hypetrak.com/images/2013/04/bob-featuring-2-chainz-headband.jpg

Chris Webby

Not as good at this rap thing as Mac Miller

Chief Keef

Not really sure who he is

2 Chainz

Once he was arrested and the cops asked to take a photo with him

Eminem

One time Ezra had an Eminem lunch box

Drake

People make fun of him for being "too emotional" in his songs

T.I.

Popular circa 2009

Childish Gambino

Probably the most nerd friendly rapper, he also starred in NBC's Community, wrote for 30 Rock, and had a YouTube channel which led to a movie called "Mystery Team"

Young Money

Rap group involving Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and others

Busta Rhymes

Really fast

Rick Ross

Rick Ross is terrible

DJ Khaled

Similar to Rick Ross, DJ Khaled is terrible (Not sure if this is even a picture of him to be honest)

MIA

Some may not call her a rapper but I will just for kicks

Sugarhill Gang

Some may say they invented rap music

Kid Ink

Still don't know

Wiz Khalifa

Stoner rap

Xzibit

There's a meme of him

Run DMC

They covered Aerosmith once; it was cool

Beastie Boys

They're old now

Tinie Tempah

We used one of his songs in a documentary project and James got mad because it wasn't indie enough for him

Aesop Rock

Widest vocabulary across his songs in the history of the genre

DMX

Y'all gon' make me lose my mind Up in here, up in here. Smallest vocabulary in the genre.

Ice Cube

Yeah

King Chip

Yeah no images for him either

Lil Wayne

also yeah

Wale

look him up no images

G-Eazy

look up "fried rice"

Tyga

on the right

Snoop Dogg

yeah


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