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30 Movie References in Kanye's Songs


Kanye West

Kanye is a huge pop-culture fan. Nowadays he is the part of the pop-culture itself, and still channels his favorite or cult movies through his art. We collected 30 films and quotes from Kanye's songs where this film was mentioned.
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Hollow Man

13 Ghosts, Hollow Man, Friday the 13th, Ghost, and Backdraft in "Livin' in a Movie" (2005) Reference: "Thirteen ghosts use my hollow man for Friday the 13th/you be ghost, backdraft from the toast"
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13 Ghosts

13 Ghosts, Hollow Man, Friday the 13th, Ghost, and Backdraft in "Livin' in a Movie" (2005) Reference: "Thirteen ghosts use my hollow man for Friday the 13th/you be ghost, backdraft from the toast"
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What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath in "Livin' In a Movie" (2005) Reference: "You gon' find out what lies beneath right here"
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Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands in "Livin' In a Movie" (2005) Reference: "They call me Edward Scissorhands, 'cause I'm trying to cut"
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Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky in "Through the Wire" (2003) Reference: "My dogs couldn't tell if I/I looked like Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky, it was televised"
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Shrek

Shrek in "The Bounce" (2003) Reference: "Chi-Town go-gettin pimps, we mobsters/Gingerbread man even said, 'You're a monster!" For many, this was the official introduction to Kanye West, the rapper, as he knew it would be. With that in mind, most in his place would avoid referencing a popular children's movie, but as we'd learn in countless instances going forward, Kanye just doesn't give a fuck (and he has good taste in movies). But he throws in a South Central reference a few bars later, just for good measure.
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