Note: This is who Kanye has compared himself to in his music.
1. Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
From: "Primetime" (Watch the Throne)
Lyric: "Primetime, basking in the lime / Cassius in his prime, coloring out of the line"
2. George Foreman
From: "Family Business" (College Dropout)
Lyric: "Sittin' here, grillin' people like George Foreman"
3. Socrates
From: "See Me Now" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)
Lyric: "This is an aristocracy / I’m Socrates, but my skin more chocolately"
4. Ray Romano
From: "Last Call" (College Dropout)
Lyric: "I was almost famous, now everybody loves Kanye, I'm almost Raymond"
5. Tom Cruise
From: "Through the Wire" (College Dropout)
Lyric: "My dawgs couldn't tell if I / would look like Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky"
From: "The Glory" (Graduation)
Lyric: "Man the game all messed up / How I’m supposed to stand out when everyone get dressed up / So yeah at the Grammys I went ultra Travolta"
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
From: "Last Call" (College Dropout)
Lyric: "The all around the world Digital Underground Pac / The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer of the Roc"
8. Dame Dash, Diddy, and Russell Simmons
From: "Last Call" (College Dropout)
Lyric: "Brains, power, and muscle, like Dame, Puffy, and Russell"
9. Amerie
From: "Roses" (Late Registration)
Lyric: "Feel like Amerie / 'It's this one thing.'"
10. Malcolm X
From: "Good Morning" (Graduation)
Lyric: "I'm like a fly Malcolm X / Buy any jeans necessary"
11. Jaden Smith
From: "Champion" (Graduation)
Lyric: "My dad'll say ‘When you see clothes close your eyelids’ / We was sort of like Will Smith and his son / In the movie I ain't talkin' 'bout the rich ones"
12. Christian Dior
From: "Stronger" (Graduation)
Lyric: "Awesome, the Christian and Christian Dior / Damn, they don't make 'em like this anymore"
13. Martin Lawrence
From: "Flashing Lights" (Graduation)
Lyric: "Feeling like Katrina with no FEMA / Like Martin with no Gina"
14. Queen Latifah
From: "Everything I Am" (Graduation)
Lyric: "You see how I played a big role in Chicago like Queen Latifah?"
15. Dwayne Wayne/Dwyane Wade
From: "The Glory" (Graduation)
Lyric: "Class back in session so I upped it a grade / Two years the Dwayne Wayne became the Dwyane Wade"
16. Charles Barkley / Gnarls Barkley
From: "The Glory" (Graduation)
Lyric: "Please don't start me / I'm like Gnarls Barkley meets Charles Barkley"
17. Donald Trump
From: "So Appalled" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)
Lyric: "I'm so appalled, Spalding ball / Balding, Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all"
18. Lebron James
From: "Devil in a New Dress" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)
Lyric: "I thought I was the asshole, I guess it’s rubbing off / hood phenomenon, the Lebron of rhyme"
19. Lyor Cohen
From: "Devil in a New Dress" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)
Lyric: "The Lyor Cohen of Dior Homme / that's Dior Homme not Dior, homie"
20. Michael Jordan
From: "See Me Now" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)
Lyric: "Stay Jordan fresh, suits and Ferraris"
21. Jesus / Fergie
From: "See Me Now" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)
Lyric: "First of all, we all know the beats is / Like a mix between Fergie and Jesus"
22. Mr. Drummond (from Diff'rent Strokes)
From: "Otis" (Watch the Throne)
Lyric: "N****s talkin real reckless, stuntmen / I adopted these n*****s, Phillip Drummond 'em"
23. Marv Albert
From: "Who Gon Stop Me" (Watch the Throne)
Lyric: "Got kicked up out the hotel / Got a little freaky like Marvin Albert"
24. Hype Williams
From: "Illest Motherfucker Alive" (Watch the Throne)
Lyric: "I need a slow motion video right now / Cause I’m moving in slow motion, slow motion / Feelin’ like Hype Williams shooting a n****a."
25. Pastor Troy
From: "Get 'Em High" (College Dropout)
Lyric: "And I will cut your girl like Pastor Troy."
26. Mekhi Phifer
From: "I Don’t Like (Remix)" (Cruel Summer)
Lyric: "A girl’ll run her mouth only out of spite / But I never hit a woman never in my life / I was in too deep like Mekhi Phifer"
27. Romans
From: "Black Skinhead" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "They say I'm possessed, it's an omen / I keep it 300, like the Romans."
28. A God
From: "I am a God" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "I am a God"
29. The Rat Pack
From: "I am a God" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "Pink-ass polos with a fucking backpack / But everybody know you brought real rap back / Nobody had swag, man, we the Rat Pack"
30. Deepak Chopra
From: "Hold My Liquor" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "One more hit and I can own ya, one more fuck and I can own ya / One cold night in October, pussy had me floating / Feel like Deepak Chopra"
31. Bobby Boucher
From: "New Slaves" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "I'm about to wild the fuck out / I'm going Bobby Boucher"
32. Michael Douglas
From: "I’m in It" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "Time to take it too far now / Michael Douglas out the car now"
33. Shabba Ranks
From: "Guilt Trip" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "Your feelings like Zulu, then nothing is a Shaka / I hit her with Jamaican dick, I'm the new Shabba"
34. Prince
From: "Send it Up" (Yeezus)
Lyric: "This the greatest shit in the club / Since ‘In Da Club’ / It's so packed I might ride around / On my bodyguard's back like Prince in the club"
35. Dikembe Mutombo
From: "All Day" (So Help Me God)
Lyric: "Told him I've been on ten since the 10th grade, n****a / Got a middle finger longer than Dikembe, my n****a"
36. Michael Jackson / Ice Cube
From: "Chain Heavy" (GOOD Fridays)
Lyric: "I am the day Ice Cube met Michael Jackson / Keep him away, huh? Something might happen"