From left: Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith, Dr. Dre and Kevin Liles
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Everyone loves a good shout-out — and the hip-hop music industry executives listed here are no exception.
Below, the tracks by Nas, Nicki Minaj and more A-list artists that name-drop members of Billboard‘s second annual R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list in their rhymes.
NAS ON STEVE STOUTE
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“I was just trying to make it with Steve Stoute/The legal way, drug-free route”
From “A Queens Story”
RICK ROSS on KEVIN LILES
“You run n—-s out of style with your wedding vows/ I still be making rounds like I’m Kevin Liles”
From “Lamborghini Doors”
NICKI MINAJ ON BRYAN “BIRDMAN” WILLIAMS
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“Only rap bitch on the Forbes list/P—y jewelry make them say ‘burr man’/R-r-r-rubs hands like Birdman”
From “Tapout”
JAY ROCK ON ANTHONY “TOP DAWG” TIFFITH
“Boss like Top Dawg, bossed my life up, crossing over/Stutter stepping, got a Hall of Fame in all my posters”
From “King’s Dead”
“Dre, I’m crying in this booth/You saved my life, now maybe it’s my turn to save yours/But I can never repay you, what you did for me is way more”
From “I Need a Doctor”
This article originally appeared in the Sept. 29 issue of Billboard.