Has anyone successfully transitioned from being a rapper to working

Beck is maybe the closest I can think of

Lou Reed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Am45JrwQ4

Dee Dee Ramone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAl-xzN8e-M

>>61978661
I said "successful" transition. I know in the 80s a bunch of artists made novelty rap songs.

>Doesn't comprehend the brilliance of Dee Dee

So this proves that rappers really aren't musicians, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Ui3jiyOFE

>>61978574

Mala of Digital Mystikz went from being a 2step garage MC to being the most important dubstep producer out there.

kid cudi

ice t became body count

>>61978879
Don't give us no sass or we'll kick your ass
Cause we're the heralds of crowleymass!

Rapper Eyedea went from this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECg6h2ggAdY

To this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yM7C89rnJY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJufbHPo_jI

Why? From clouddead kinda.

>>61979061
This. This 100%.
The reason I even clicked this thread.

>>61979061
Is this some kind of post-rock hip-hop blend?

It's beautiful

>>61979274
Eyedea's one of a kind, died too soon. Check him out anon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVR17FPNv9I

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>>61979274
Eyedea started making music at the age 14.
He got into rock music first but later in life after a few God-tier Hip-Hop records he created a grunge band.
He passed away 5 years ago. at 28.

Pic related is his first solo project he made when he was 18.
My favourite works of his.

dean blunt

>>61978574
Mark Wahlberg.

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House of Pain ---> Everlast

Beastie Boys were a hardcore band at first.

I don't think I'd call it all that successful but Miles Davis did a rap album.

>>61979412
Doo Bop has a pretty sick beat though. Also, that album was posthumous so you can't really blame him.

Kanye West

>>61978574
Lauryn Hill

>>61978574
James Ferraro

>>61979061
Also gotta mention the noise influenced stuff on the Many Faces of Mikey record. He had a lot to give.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5E7Ij3hfBQ