via the-minusworld (via ML)
“Video games and rap practically share the same birthday. They both suffered equal struggles to move from being niche entertainment facets for obsessive, socially deprived teenagers to being universally embraced as billion dollar industries. Both of them evolved past their simplistic pattern based grassroots and now focus more on blinged out visuals and over the top productions. But the parallels don’t stop there. Ever wonder where these insane video game character ideas come from? How do we continuously end up playing games that star complete lunatics, totally detracted from realism or normalcy? Well, we just cracked the code. Here are ten rappers and their possibly inspired but definitely just as flashy video game character counterparts. So read on to see where your favorite stars jacked their styles…”
