* The Rapper Jay-Z, based on a shortened version of his alternate name JayHOVa

Rapper Lil ' Mama jumped on stage as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed " Empire State of Mind.

* Rapper Jay-Z has made reference to the song several times over his career and on The Blueprint 2 he samples the tune for his own song entitled " I Did It My Way ".

Rapper Jay-Z refers to his wife, singer Beyoncé Knowles, as " my high yellow broad ," in his 2009 song " Off That ," from the The Blueprint 3 album.

( who featured her and Jay-Z on his Rene & Angela-sampled " I Love You More " for the song " I Love the Dough "), Foxy Brown ( who sampled her " I'll Be Good " for her 1997 top ten hit, " I'll Be ", Rapper Sylk-E. Fyne's 1998 hit " Romeo and Juliet " that samples Rene and Angela's " You Don't Have to Cry ", and last but not least singer Avant re-recorded the Rene & Angela ballad, " My First Love ", with singer Keke Wyatt in 2000.

Rapper Jay-Z called it " The best posse cut of 2009 "

Patrick Douthit ( born January 15, 1975 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina ), better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, lecturer, and Rapper from Durham, North Carolina, U. S. He began his career as the main producer for the group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J. Blige, Jean Grae, Wale, Jay-Z, Murs, Drake, Buckshot, Chris Brown, Destiny's Child, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, Ludacris, Mac Miller, David Banner, and Lecrae.

French Rapper MC Solaar agrees sarcastically, saying, " French rap is pretty much a U. S. branch office ... we copy everything, don't we?

Singer / Rapper Nicki Minaj used many alter egos such as Harujuku Barbie, the innocent and polite one, Nicki, she's the glamorous type, Roman Zolanski also refer as her " demon " inside her, and he's gay, she stated in her song Roman's Revenge ( featuring Eminem ), Martha Zolanski, a british woman which is Roman's mother and also her new alter ego and that is Rossa, a spanish woman ( pronounce as Rrrr-ossa ).

Rapper Eminem also has an alter ego which is Slim Shady and he stated it in Roman's Revenge and also The Real Slim Shady.

Rapper Ghostface Killah sampled " Love is Life " on the track " Miguel Sanchez " on his album More Fish and " Moment of Truth " was sampled by LL Cool J and Kid N ' Play on the track " Murdergram " and the track " Energy " on the album Mama Said Knock You Out and the album Funhouse respectively.

The work is titled “ 3 / 5ths an MC: The Manufacturing of a Dumbed Down Rapper !”

Rapper Black Thought is the lead vocalist of The Roots.

Rapper Gift of Gab is featured in the version of " Count and Estimate " that appears in Entropy.

* Rapper Tech N9ne claims to be " All 6's and 7's " explaining that 6 is evil and 7 is godly.

Rolling Stone magazine listed it at number 227 on " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ", calling it " Ice-grilled, laid-back, diamond-sharp: Rakim is a front-runner in the race for Best Rapper Ever, and this album is a big reason why.

Rapper sword ( also known as the " Short Sword " dance ) is a variation of sword dance that emerged from the pit villages of Tyneside in North East England, where miners first performed the tradition.

Further information is provided by the Rapper Online Web site, including the origins and history of the dance, teams listing, notations of traditional dances and more.

The DERT ( Dancing England Rapper Tournament ) competition, which is open to all rapper sword teams, is held annually.

* Rapper Jay-Z's song, " Justify My Thug ", from his 2003 album, The Black Album produced by DJ Quik, is a remake of " Justify My Love.

* Rapper Lupe Fiasco's song " Dumb it Down " contains the lyrics, " And I'm brainless, which means I'm headless, like Ichabod Crane is ".

*" Hosh Tokoloshe " is a pop / rap song influenced by the Tokoloshe by South African Rapper Jack Parow

Rapper Flo Rida's second album, R. O. O. T. S., is heavily influenced by the Eurodance genre.

Rapper Nas ( Nasir Jones ) is Dara's son.

is a PlayStation 2 rhythm video game and the sequel to PaRappa the Rapper, although it is actually the third game in the series following UmJammer Lammy.

PaRappa the Rapper 2 is the original soundtrack to the game.

The well received album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2003, and Mystikal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance that same year .< ref name =" Rapper Mystikal sentenced to six years ">

Mid 2002, Still un established, Tao met another young man known as Lowkey, The UK Rapper responsible for Underground Classics Like " The Mad World Remix " as well as The " Key to the Game " Trilogy, Wordplay with his influence began taking a more professional approach to industry.

His most notable films included Uncle Silas ( 1947 ), directed by Charles Frank and The Third Man ( 1949 ), for which he won an Oscar, and Odd Man Out ( 1947 ), both for director Carol Reed, as well as Brief Encounter for David Lean and Another Man's Poison for Irving Rapper.

It has since gone on to include the " Jewish Rapper " Etan G, as well as bassist Ben Williams.

Rapper Raeneal T. Quann ( known as Q-Don ) ( born about 1978 ), who was accidentally shot and killed by robbers on April 26, 2000, outside the Club Evolution in Philadelphia, was a grandson of Burke.

Magalona ( widely known by the aliases Francis M, The Man from Manila, and Master Rapper ), a former breakdancer from The Eclipse crew who rapped in both English and Tagalog, became an instant superstar and the first rap icon in the Philippines as a result.

William Braunstein, better known as Ill Bill, is a Jewish American Rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, New York.

* Rory Ferreira ( born 1992 ), Rapper known as " Milo "

Rodney Alan Greenblat, born August 23, 1960 in San Francisco, California, is an American graphic artist known best in the United States for the visual style of the computer games PaRappa the Rapper and UmJammer Lammy, and in Japan for his comic Thunder Bunny.

Rapper and producer Cavell was also part of the original NFL collective and is now known to many as The Mantis.

The group consists of the Kangol Kid ( Shiller Shaun Fequiere ), the Educated Rapper ( Jeffrey Campbell ) ( also known as EMD ), Doctor Ice ( Fred Reeves ), and Mix Master Ice ( Maurice Bailey ).

* Rapper Agallah ( also known as 8-Off the Assassin or Don Bishop ) released " Alize for Dolo " ( 1996, EastWest ) ( as 8-Off ) as a single.

Francis Michael Durango Magalona ( October 4, 1964 – March 6, 2009 ), also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, MC The Mouth and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer.

Deric Michael Angelettie ( born July 31, 1968 ), otherwise known as D-Dot, Papa Dot and The Madd Rapper, is a rapper, record producer, CEO and entrepreneur.

Rapper Kanye West defended Way by arguing that the younger artist created a new, original work for hip hop, thus keeping the authentic meaning of the music.

Rapper Eminem used a sample of her biggest U. S. hit, “ Toy Soldiers ”, for “ Like Toy Soldiers ”, a track on his 2004 album Encore which entered at number one in the United Kingdom.

In later years, Rapper admitted that he found Davis very difficult to work with and that she would, "... hold the whole set hostage, stopping production for a day, because of her mood.

* MC HotDog, the stage name for Taiwanese Rapper Yao Chung-jen

The Jaggerz ( named after a Pittsburgh English term for goofing off ) had a hit in 1970 with " The Rapper ".

* Rapper Lil Wayne released a music video for the song " 6 Foot 7 Foot " ( shortened as 6 ' 7 ') in 2011 where he borrows a scene from the film Inception.

Rapper P. Diddy also ran for charity and raised $ 2, 000, 000 for the New York City Education system.

* Rapper Ice Cube mentions Winchell's Donuts in his song " Down for Whatever.

Rapper Eminem explored the genre in his music video for the single " 3 a. m ." that year.

* Rapper Eminem suffered from writer's block for some time as the artist mentioned in " Talking 2 Myself ", a track on his top selling album Recovery.

He and some of his friends were given the opportunity to compete in the " Jack the Rapper Competition " in Florida, where Jadakiss had been noticed for his battle rap ability.

Rapper Nelly sampled it for his song " Iz U ", from the film The Haunted Mansion, and also featured on his album Da Derrty Versions.

He provided music for Indie Rapper Sage Francis on his album LI ( F ) E on the song " Love The Lie ".

Rapper and producer, Raz Fresco sampled a clip from the movie in his music video for the song Filmore Slim.