Music The Unauthorized History Of Puppets In Hip Hop

Whatchya wanna do? Wanna be a ballers? shotcallers? Brawlers? Well let Complex be the spoiler. The reality of hip hop is a sad one filled with guys who get their strings pulled, like Jimi Hendrix (no Pat Smear, my dear). And occasionally you can actually see their strings. Take for instance the awesomely creative new clip from Complex stalwart contributor Kanye West, which finds a styrofoam ‘Ye sucking wind in the Olympics (no Louganis) like a “Champion”. We keed, we keed.

But Kanye isn’t the first hip hopper to use a strung-up effigy of himself in a video. So for your viewing pleasure, and general edification, we’ve combed through the annals (grow up!) of hip hop to find the 5 greatest moments of puppetry in rap history. Go to school and peep Kanye’s latest below…