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Rappers Love Beyoncé Too - Today (Sept. 4) is Beyoncé's birthday, and what a life it's been so far. She's dedicated much of her time to music and made quite an impact on the industry and fans alike ... and even the Oxford Dictionary. Rappers know this. Drake dropped an entire ode to how much of an effect Queen Bey has had, "Girls Love Beyoncé," featuring James Fauntleroy, borrowing from one of her ealier hits, Destiny Child's "Say My Name." Click on for more rappers (other than Mr. Carter) and a couple crooners who have lyrically bowed down. Happy Birthday, Beyoncé! (Photos from left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Kendrick Lamar, "Beyoncé" - Before Kendrick, Hov and his spouse met “up in the clouds” on the “B---h Don’t Kill My Vibe” remix, K-Dot was devoting some of his early mixtape songs to her: "I can daydream about Beyoncé all day, thinkin’ about the good times before she met Jay," he rapped on "Beyoncé." (Photo: Steve Mack/Getty Images)

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YG, "I Like" feat. Juicy J - YG knows his type, and he wants the world to know too: “That’s what I like, yeah, that’s what I like, if you look like Beyoncé, that’s what I pipe,” he raps on this 2011 cut. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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50 Cent, "Respect It or Check It" - 50, rap’s greatest provocateur/troll of all time, had to know he would get under his frenemy Jay’s skin with the following line on this 2009 mixtape cut: "Shorty rock her hips she get to looking like a entrée, bad b---h fat a-- bouncing it like Beyoncé." (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Bow Wow, "We 'Bout That (Eat the Cake)" - Bow Wow has big-dog daydreams on his recent single, rapping, "Doing a buck-twenty on the highway, thick redbone looking like Beyoncé." Down boy. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Bow Wow, "Pole in My Basement" - Uh-oh. Beyoncé may have a stalker in Bow Wow. "No it ain’t tricking baby girl if you got it, plus your face is like Beyoncé, damn, you a problem," he tells his favorite stripper. (Photo: David Becker/WireImage)

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Game, "Ecstasy" - Game, who’s long liked to take potshot’s at pop music’s royal couple, added this to this 2010 mixtape cut: "And my girl walked by with a gold wig, dancin' like Beyoncé, I must be dreamin'…." (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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R. Kelly, “Thoia Thoing” - Lyrical Beyoncé crushes extend to the R&B world too. Check R. Kelly’s admiration for her moves: "Make you wanna club-pop make you wanna drop-top, make you get like Beyoncé, and do the booty-hop." (Photo: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

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Marques Houston, “Pop That Booty" - Marques Houston was apparently hypnotized by Bey’s moves as well, singing on this 2003 single, "So pop your booty like Beyoncé, got me falling ‘Crazy in Love’ with you." (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Lil Wayne, "Get Something" feat. Mannie Fresh - Weezy and Mannie Fresh got together for the hook of this 2003 song: "Baby girl, shake it like Beyoncé, I done forgot about fiancée, blowin' smoke up in the air." (Photo: Johnny Louis/WENN.com)

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Missy Elliott, “Shake It Like a Pom Pom" - Even Missy — or at least her suitors — knows the deal. “He tryin' to spit the game, what he had to say? ‘Has anybody ever told you you look like Beyoncé?’” (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)