
"Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis. When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this." ~ Notorious B.I.G.
Remember when you first heard that line? Holy crap, Biggie Smalls plays video games too! It's good to know that even the toughest, most street-hardened gangstas also know how to kick back and enjoy a little interactive entertainment. I mean, Wu Tang released a brawler, Def Jam's got a fighting franchise, and acclaimed rapper Shaquille O'neal had Shaq-Fu. Even 50 Cent is jumping on the bandwagon, in a game where he pretty much singlehandedly takes down Al Quaeda.
But what about video games influencing hip hop? Quibian Salazar-Moreno (whom I'm having difficulty not imagining as a debonair, swashbuckling muskateer) of the Video Game Examiner brings us the Top 10 Hip-Hop songs that Sampled a Video Game. He includes a nerdcore artist, which is a bit of a stretch, but the rest are solid. Be sure to check out the honorable mentions at the bottom.
(via GameSetWatch)
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