You cannot put numbers to the amount of people, artists, entertainers, musicians etc etc that were influenced by the King Of Pop. Still, Hip-Hop claimed him for their own. He was ours. No matter how thug, how trill, how pimp, or how much of a cold killer you were; you took your mothafuckin' cool off and you danced with Mike. His energy, sound and soul will forever be a part of us. Sometimes you're listening to Mike and you don't even know it.

Download a few of my favorites:

Ghostface - All That I Got Is You

Jay-Z - Izzo

LL Cool J - Hey Lover

Kanye West - Good Life

Hip-Hop loved you Mike. Everybody did.

“Same sword they knight you/they gon’ goodnight you/with, shit, that’s only half if they like you/that ain’t even the half what they might do/don’t believe me, as Michael.” — Jay-Z “Hot 97” Freestyle