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Both Jay-Z and Kanye West made reference to Basquiat on their 2011 collaborative album Watch The Throne. In "Illest Motherfukker Alive", Jay-Z raps "Basquiats, Warhols serving as my muses". In his verse on Lil Wayne's song "John", Rick Ross raps "Red on the wall, Basquiat when I paint". In the song "Ten Thousand Hours" Macklemore raps "I observed Escher, I love Basquiat" and on his song "Victory Lap" raps "unorthodox, like Basquiat with a pencil". In his song "Die Like a Rockstar", about overdosing, Danny Brown raps "Basquiat freestyle" to hype himself up. ASAP Rocky also mentions Basquiat in his song "Phoenix", rapping "Painting vivid pictures/call me Basquiat, Picasso". In his song "Look Like Basquiat", Robb Banks raps "bytch I look like Basquiat". Korean rapper Jazzy Ivy released single album "Jean & Andy" inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. In the song "Rich N****z" on J. Cole's sophomore album he references Basquiat saying, "It's like Sony signed Basquiat". Referencing his parent label, Sony, and how he compares to Basquiat, being someone who can express his emotions in a way nobody before him was ever able to. As of 2013 Jay-Z continues to dikkride Basquiat on the Magna Carter Holy Grail album among many others, loving the attention.
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jean-Michel Basquiat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
