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An Extensive History Of Rappers Rapping About Video Games
Hip-hop and video games have shared the same cultural orbit for years—from beat-'em-up Def Jam: Fight for NY with its roster of basically every rapper active in the early 2000s, through to Dr. Dre releasing his first music in over a decade through GTA Online earlier this year. Rappers love video games, and video games love rappers. It's a relationship that goes both ways too. Hip-hop is full of references to video games and video game consoles—whether it's Lauryn Hill rapping about the ColecoVision, Eminem professing his love for The Legend of Zelda, or JAY-Z name checking the Sony PSP. These are some of the most notable (and surprising) collisions of rap and gaming.
