Spaced Out: Rappers and Aliens

Lupe's not the first MC to encounter extraterrestrials.

Spaced Out: Rappers and Aliens - Some of hip hop's finest have a history of having out of this world experiences. From musical inspiration to personal testimonies, many hip hop artists have created and learned from extraterrestials. Recently, Lupe Fiasco revealed he had an encounter with aliens in his youth. Add that to the experiences of the following celebs, and hip hop continues to be inspired by the rest of the universe.

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Spaced Out: Rappers and Aliens - Some of hip hop's finest have a history of having out of this world experiences. From musical inspiration to personal testimonies, many hip hop artists have created and learned from extraterrestials. Recently, Lupe Fiasco revealed he had an encounter with aliens in his youth. Add that to the experiences of the following celebs, and hip hop continues to be inspired by the rest of the universe.

ATLiens - In 1996, Outkast released their second studio album ATLiens, providing another glimpse of how other universes impact rap's favorites. (Photo: LaFace Records)

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ATLiens - In 1996, Outkast released their second studio album ATLiens, providing another glimpse of how other universes impact rap's favorites. (Photo: LaFace Records)

Lil’ Wayne to a lawyer during a deposition:  - “You know [the judge] can’t save you, right — in the real world. Just so you know.”(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Wayne, The Martian - Young Money Captain Lil Wayne has long referred to himself as a hip hop martian. Spitting out-of-this-world lyrics — and probably smoking out of this world ish too — the hip hop celeb continues to channel extraterrestial inspiration into his music. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Welcome to the Space Jam - When Busta Rhymes, B-Real, Method Man, Coolio and LL Cool J did the "Monstar's Anthem" for the Space Jam movie soundtrack, hip hop was ushered into the most popular mainstream film about basketball and aliens.(Photo: Atlantic Records)

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Welcome to the Space Jam - When Busta Rhymes, B-Real, Method Man, Coolio and LL Cool J did the "Monstar's Anthem" for the Space Jam movie soundtrack, hip hop was ushered into the most popular mainstream film about basketball and aliens.(Photo: Atlantic Records)

Will Smith in Men in Black\r - Aliens are typical frightening creatures, but leave it to Will Smith to turn an extraterrestrial invasion into a feel-good film. The charming actor, along with his curmudgeon-y partner, Tommy Lee Jones, had us laughing so hard we nearly forget to be scared.\r(Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros Pictures)

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"Men in Black" - Will Smith brought his hip hop flair to the Men in Black movie anthem as he fought some of the ugliest looking extraterrestials known to man.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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From Hip Hop to Mars - Another film favorite, Ice Cube starred in the movie Ghost of Mars, blending his hip hop roots with the allure of the Red Planet.(Photo: Screen Gems)

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From Hip Hop to Mars - Another film favorite, Ice Cube starred in the movie Ghost of Mars, blending his hip hop roots with the allure of the Red Planet.(Photo: Screen Gems)

Xzibit, The X-Files: I Want to Believe - It definitely looks good on paper: Xzibit in an X-Files movie. That’s probably not the only reason that the MC was cast in The X-Files: I Want to Believe, the 2008 spinoff of the successful show, where he played FBI Special Agent Mosley Drummy. (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox)

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Xzibit in X-Files - FBI Agent Mosley Drummy, aka Xzibit, graced the X-Files with his acting skills and contributed musically to the film's soundtrack with "Dying to Live." (Photo: Diyah Pera/Twentieth Century Fox Pictures)

Space Prodigy - Mobb Deep's Prodigy wrote about seeing a UFO twice in his autobiography, My Infamous Life. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Space Prodigy - Mobb Deep's Prodigy wrote about seeing a UFO twice in his autobiography, My Infamous Life. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

50 Cent  - In a 2005 interview with GQ, the rapper said President Bush is "incredible…a gangsta. I wanna meet George Bush, just shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him." (Photo: Daniel Deme / WENN.com)

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Fifty Shades of Aliens - 50 Cent says he believes in UFOs and aliens. While he's never had a personal encounter, he does enjoy reading a lot of science fiction. (Photo: Daniel Deme / WENN.com)

SpaceGhostWhat? - Underground rapper SpaceGhostPurrp has used alien swag in his lyrics and in branding his hip hop group Raider Klan Mafia. (Photo: Facebook)

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SpaceGhostWhat? - Underground rapper SpaceGhostPurrp has used alien swag in his lyrics and in branding his hip hop group Raider Klan Mafia. (Photo: Facebook)

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"Cosmic Slop" - Redman took hip hop out of the solar system with single "Cosmic Slop" on his 1994 album Dare Iz a Darkside.(Photo: Def Jam Records)

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"Cosmic Slop" - Redman took hip hop out of the solar system with single "Cosmic Slop" on his 1994 album Dare Iz a Darkside.(Photo: Def Jam Records)

She's a What? - In 1999, after a successful debut album, Missy Elliott released her sophomore album, Da Real World, and led the project with the song, "She's a B***h." From being bald with bedazzled eyebrows to sporting a cute short cut near the end of the video, this is one of the rapper's more unforgettable visual moments. (Photo: Elektra Records)

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She's an Alien - Known as one of hip hop's most creative artists, Missy Elliott took her obsession with out of this world artistry to the next level by dressing as an intergalactic figure in her "She's A B----" music video. (Photo: Elektra Records)

Alien vs. Predator - In their collaborative mixtape, Busta Rhymes and Freeway rocked with the theme Alien vs. Predator to their fans' delight. (Photo: Universal Motown Records)

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Alien vs. Predator - In their collaborative mixtape, Busta Rhymes and Freeway rocked with the theme Alien vs. Predator to their fans' delight. (Photo: Universal Motown Records)

Andre 3000 "Prototype" - Andre 3000 admits, "I think I'm in love again" on his The Love Below single, "Prototype." As he croons to his lady, though, it's unclear if he ever got some reciprocity. (Photo: RCA)

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Prototype: A Hip Hop Love Song - Andre 3000 captured the hearts of ladies on Earth with his hip hop love ballad "Prototype," appearing rather alienesque in the video. (Photo: Arista Records)

Timbaland: March 10 - T. Mosley celebrates his 41st. (Photo: Scott Gries/PictureGroup)

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Tim: The Alien Producer - Calling himself, Jay-Z, and Lil Wayne "aliens," in a recent Forbes interview, it's no wonder Timbaland continues to make beats that sound like they were inspired by other planets. It's one of the Hip Hop Cash King's secrets to his success. (Photo: Scott Gries/PictureGroup)