I have about 3 people who have inspired me. The first ones where ' The Dark Man a.k.a DMX " .... and 2-pac.
You can feel there passion and emotion through there music. It just grabed me into it, and made me want to exress myself in the same way. Ever since about 1997 ' Nas ' has been doing the same that they have. I know alot of you might not like him, But I do. He is a very persuasive writer. Just like DMX, and 2-pac. No one will ever be able to make a copy of what they put out into the world. Even to this day they all make me want to be better. Even though they have inspired me so long.

-The Dark Man a.k.a DMX
-TuPac a.k.a Makiveli
-Nas a.k.a King Pin

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-High Class a.k.a Confusion

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I'm still pretty new to all of this, but... besides the usuals i'd have to say that Copywrite inspired me to try writing shit. Just cause he's got some sick punchlines and they get me laughing.

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Like American companies that did business with Hitler"
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well ive pretty much had 3 influences...

1. Nas - inspired me to be poetic and think about each lines meaning before i write it
2. Eminem - to speak my mind and not only say things i wanna hear, not what everyone else wants
3. Canibus - he inspired me to try to make my lyrics as complicated as humanly possible, but to still have meaning...

i wrote my first rap when i was 8 - it stank. It was about how cool i was and how i shoot people. If it wasnt for these 3 and a few others like pac, aesop rock, DMX, cormega... i'd still be talking that crap

kids at school
Stuff they hit me with
just got my head spinin
so i joined a little clik of theirs
and started rhymeing.
Back in the crayon days

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Aesop.

Big L, one i heard 98' freestyle, i luved rap lol. Then i just started spittin september 2003 cuz I was good at writin, and I was gettin into a lot of trouble wit fights so I just thought..
"Why fight when i can pick up a mic and make em feel so low dat they wanna kill themselves", den t-west was born. time for Canadian Hip-Hop to gain sum respect.

umm actually friends........And Canibus.........his lyrics are so good

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tupac- he has a awsome style of hip hop, he rapped about everyday things and problems hes unique.
eminem-hes a truthful guy, raps about his life, tells the truth

thats basically it, i listened to tupac he was the first rapper i ever listened to..i prolly lived in a box...but hes the one that got me thinking about hip hop and to pick up a pen n try

I was never hit by the 2pac boom.. When you say music.. It would have to be nirvana, green day, rage, metalica.. But since I only recently got into hip hop.. It was Eminem who inspired me.. You can laugh all you want.. But its got me this far.. But now I have to look else where for inspiration.. But he still holds all the elements to being the dopest.. So yeah.. he was the main one, XZibit was another, but i've gone of him alot.. I try to find any inspiration from whoever/wherever I can.. Anything I come across.. whether its wack or not.. It still inspires me.. Literally the most simplest or bizzare things inspire me..

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mmm true, i was into nirvana

nah i think eminem is a pretty good inspiration though

The main ones who inspired me are:

2pac - the man,the myth,the legend....never let anythin stop him, great lyrics and albums.

Eminem - taught me to say what's on my mind and if people hate then it just gives me more to write about. Also told me to tell my stories in my open mics thats why I write bout my life and not make shit up

^^ They're the two main ones but also every artist who's been around for ages has influenced me. The likes of micheal jackson, madonna.....etc. I may not like their music but I got respect for them coz they've made it into the industry and stayed there. So I respect them as musicians.

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actually my first ever black friend, he had a talkboy, and a puff daddy and the bad boy family tape.
and i used to be laughed at by his brothers cos i tried to rap, and this was before eminem came out.
and after the talkboy sessions,

i then started to like
the fugees,
2 pac and biggie,
and then i just started buyin random rap records in the music shop, like naughty by nature, and thats how i discovered people like nas.

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lol j/k 2pac is aight

anyways......im inspired by myself......i dont look to anyone else to get me anywhere in hip hop.....i just have fun doing it.....so i guess its my love for it that inspires me......go figure

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pot1ent- I feel you on that hommie. There are some very strong messages put out by rock. People arnt as good these days, but back then. They were all just incredable. People might trip on me about this, but... Billy Joel inspired me to bring a charm to my music. Somthing that grabs the ladies in... LOL ...He is a very good singer though, one of my favorite musicians of all time... But he is the only guy from any other type of music that has inspired me...

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Michael Jackson...Fuck you, he has the industry on lock.
Nas inspired me the most, because after I heard Illmatic I just felt I had to write. Then would be Mobb Deep after hearing Hell on Earth and The Infamous. I got into some underground but after listening to Aesop Rock's Labor Days, I've been going more into poetry. And I have to give some to Jay-Z because people think he's no good, but He has alot of punches and soo many metaphors, but doesn't get respect because they are mostly implied and his songs have catchy choruses.

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