20 Paintings Improved by Rappers

Whether or not a rapper has saved your life, rappers have certainly improved a lot of famous paintings. We're talking rappers like Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and A$AP Rocky, and paintings like American Gothic, The Mona Lisa, and The Scream. It's easy to take them for granted, but we're here to remind you of 20 Paintings Improved by Rappers that you may have forgotten.

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Artwork: Dempsey And Firpo by George Bellows (1924)

Artwork: In The Car by Roy Lichtenstein (1963)

Artwork: Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp (1912)

Artwork: Freedom From Want by Norman Rockwell (1943)

Artwork: Napoleon Crossing The Alps by Jacques-Louis David (1800)

Artwork: Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1881)

Artwork: Portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger (1536-37)

Artwork: Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley (1768)

Artwork: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (1495-98)

Artwork: Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze (1851)

Artwork: The Scream by Edvard Munch (1921)

Artwork: American Gothic by Grant Wood (1930)

Artwork: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1486)

Artwork: Muhammed Ali by Andy Warhol (1977-79)

Artwork: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1503–1519)

Artwork: Jesus Christ Fresco, painted 1930; restored in 2012.

Artwork: George Washington (one of the Landsdowne portraits) by Gilbert Stuart (1797)

Artwork: Snap The Whip by Winslow Homer (1872)

Artwork: Aggressively Mediocre/Mentally Challenged/Fantasy Island by Miguel Calderon (1998)

Artwork: Nighthawks by Edward Hopper (1942)