Hip Hop's Coldplay Obsession

Chris Martin is your favorite rapper's favorite rock singer.

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)
'Homecoming' – Kanye West, Featuring Chris Martin - Yeezy got with Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin for this tribute to Chicago off his third album, Graduation. It was to be released as a single in the U.S., but never did. Instead, Ye's flow and Martin's key strokes peaked at No. 9 on the U.K. charts.(Photos from left: EPA/TIAGO CANHOTO /LANDOV, John Shearer/Getty Images)
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)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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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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