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Hip Hop's Coldplay Obsession - We don't usually give B-day shouts to British alt-rockers, but today is different. Chris Martin, front man of Colplay, turns 35 today, March 2. And in case you haven't noticed, Coldplay is your favorite rapper's favorite rock band. From collabos to samples to shout-outs in interviews — Coldplay worship is almost as ubiquitous for rappers as a Scarface DVD in an old episode of MTV Cribs. Click on to see just a few of hip hop's biggest Chris Martin stans.(Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images For The Recording Academy)

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Kanye West  - Like a lot of rap trends over the past several years, Kanye was one of the first rappers out the gate with his Coldplay-philia. Kanye recruited Chris Martin to play piano and sing on "Homecoming" from his 2007 album Graduation, and once said that Coldplay is better than the Beatles. Chill, Yeezy. (Photos: TIAGO CANHOTO/Landov; John Shearer/Getty Images For The Recording Academy) 

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Jay-Z - Jay-Z actually released a song with Coldplay a year before Kanye, "Beach Chair" (which according to the lyrics of Yeezy's "Big Brother," he was none too happy about). Jay returned the favor by spitting a verse on Coldplay's "Lost," and he and Chris Martin have gone on to become unlikely BFFs. (Photo: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok)

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Swizz Beatz - Swizzy makes no secret of his Coldplay love, sampling "X&Y" on his "Part of the Plan" and then going back to the well again by jacking "Viva La Vida" on his "That Oprah."(Photo: Earl Gibson/PictureGroup)

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Wale and Black Cobain - Wale and his DMV comrade Black Cobain flipped the opening strains of "X&Y" on last year's "Busy Now." (Photos: The Board Administration Records; John Ricard/BET)

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Frank Ocean - Hip hop's favorite crooner du jour, Odd Future affiliate Frank Ocean, did a gorgeously whimsical cover of Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing" on his breakthrough mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra.  (Photo: Def Jam Records)

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50 Cent - Leave it to Fif to subtly but hilariously transform Chris's melancholic plea "God give me style" from Coldplay's "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" to the cocky "God gave me style" on his 2005 song of the same name.    (Photo: Interscope Records)

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Shawty Lo - Shawty Lo flipped Chris's "I used to roll the dice" line from "Viva la Vida" into a high-rollers, you-only-live-once refrain for his "I Roll the Dice."   (Photo: Ben Rose/PictureGroup)

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B.o.B. - Producer J.R. Rotem sampled Coldplay's "Lost" for B.o.B.'s "Never Lost" featuring T.I., which was slated to be on his recent LP Strange Clouds but for some reason was never officially released.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Pac Div - Cali backpack faves Pac Div sampled the outro to Coldplay's "Clocks" on "Underdogs" a spacey interlude from their album Don't Mention It.(Photo: Phil McCarten/PictureGroup)

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Joe Budden - JB went in over Coldplay's "Lost" on the title track from his mixtape Halfway House.(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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K'Naan - Rappers can't seem to get enough of "Lost." Canadian rapper-singer K'Naan jacked the Coldplay hit once again on "Better," and also frequently covers "Viva la Vida" in his live shows. (Photo: Scott Gries/PictureGroup)