Some think of rock and rap as two different worlds, but these songs show their harmonization. Take billy woods’ Ca$h 4 Gold, which utilizes references to rock anthems as a lyrical structure (🎶 sweet child o’ mine, red, red wine 🎶), Kanye West’s hit Champion, which samples Steely Dan’s Kid Charlemagne—a sample that was cleared only after a personal, handwritten letter from Kanye West was delivered to Donald Fagan, and alternative artists from both the rap and rock genres, Del the Funky Homosapien and Dinosaur Jr., colliding for the unexpected crossover, Missing Link.

Ca$h 4 Gold

billy woods

Champion

Kanye West

Missing Link (feat. Dinosaur Jr.)

Del The Funky Homosapien