Melania Trump, Young Thug and Other Swagger Jackers

Mrs. Trump joins the list of swagger jackers. Welcome her.

Allow her to reintroduce herself... - The not-so-elusive swagger jackers are a thing that many in hip-hop have had to deal with throughout history. As it turns out, First Lady Michelle Obama has a lot in common with many of the rappers and artists on this list you’re about to see — and she has Melania Trump to thank for that. If you haven’t already heard, last night at the Republican National Convention, Mrs. Trump totally swagger jacked much of our first lady’s speech from the 2008 Democratic National Convention and, well, the internet had a field day. So we decided to pay homage to some notorious swagger jackers. You’re in good company, Mrs. Trump. — Jon Reyes(Photos from Left: Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Paras Griffin/BET/Getty Images for BET) 

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Allow her to reintroduce herself... - The not-so-elusive swagger jackers are a thing that many in hip-hop have had to deal with throughout history. As it turns out, First Lady Michelle Obama has a lot in common with many of the rappers and artists on this list you’re about to see — and she has Melania Trump to thank for that. If you haven’t already heard, last night at the Republican National Convention, Mrs. Trump totally swagger jacked much of our first lady’s speech from the 2008 Democratic National Convention and, well, the internet had a field day. So we decided to pay homage to some notorious swagger jackers. You’re in good company, Mrs. Trump. — Jon Reyes(Photos from Left: Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Paras Griffin/BET/Getty Images for BET) 

Guerilla Black / The Notorious B.I.G. - When Guerilla Black moved into the major label record deal era of his career in the mid ‘00s, the comparisons to Christopher Wallace were rampant — add the physical resemblance and forget it.(Photos from Left: James Devaney/WireImage, Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) 

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Guerilla Black / The Notorious B.I.G. - When Guerilla Black moved into the major label record deal era of his career in the mid ‘00s, the comparisons to Christopher Wallace were rampant — add the physical resemblance and forget it.(Photos from Left: James Devaney/WireImage, Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) 

Ja Rule / DMX - Raspy rapping singing voice swag? Jacked. Even though, when it comes to singing, Ja has it on lock.(Photos from Left: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MTV, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Bacardi) 

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Ja Rule / DMX - Raspy rapping singing voice swag? Jacked. Even though, when it comes to singing, Ja has it on lock.(Photos from Left: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MTV, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Bacardi) 

ItsRoutine / Drake - When Erykah Badu enlisted ItsRoutine for her 2015 mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone, the world got pretty confused because he totally sounded like Drake and his name is also Aubrey. Welp.(Photos from Left: Aubrey Davis via Twitter, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) 

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ItsRoutine / Drake - When Erykah Badu enlisted ItsRoutine for her 2015 mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone, the world got pretty confused because he totally sounded like Drake and his name is also Aubrey. Welp.(Photos from Left: Aubrey Davis via Twitter, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) 

Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli - Guys, we'll never forget this one: the notorious “singing” group that lip synced for their fame. Remember, they got a GRAMMY and had to give it back? Anyway, check out the REAL Milli Vanilli doing their thing.(Photos: Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images) 

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Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli - Guys, we'll never forget this one: the notorious “singing” group that lip synced for their fame. Remember, they got a GRAMMY and had to give it back? Anyway, check out the REAL Milli Vanilli doing their thing.(Photos: Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images) 

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Vanilla Ice / Queen and David Bowie - Remember the time Vanilla Ice swagger jacked Queen and David Bowie and then denied it with this explanation? Trifling.(Photos from Left: Mick Hutson/Redferns, Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)

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Vanilla Ice / Queen and David Bowie - Remember the time Vanilla Ice swagger jacked Queen and David Bowie and then denied it with this explanation? Trifling.(Photos from Left: Mick Hutson/Redferns, Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)

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Shyne / The Notorious B.I.G. - The similarity of Shyne’s tone and flow to B.I.G.'s really is uncanny. And when you take the Shyne and Puffy affiliation into account, well, it only heightened the conversation.(Photos from Left: Evan Agostini/Getty Images, Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Shyne / The Notorious B.I.G. - The similarity of Shyne’s tone and flow to B.I.G.'s really is uncanny. And when you take the Shyne and Puffy affiliation into account, well, it only heightened the conversation.(Photos from Left: Evan Agostini/Getty Images, Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Your Old Droog / Nas - The similarities between the two were so crazy that many thought Droog’s 2014 self-titled mixtape was actually Nas with a pseudonym. Those rumors have since been debunked.(Photos from Left: Johnny Nunez/WireImage, Shareif Ziyadat/WireImage)

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Your Old Droog / Nas - The similarities between the two were so crazy that many thought Droog’s 2014 self-titled mixtape was actually Nas with a pseudonym. Those rumors have since been debunked.(Photos from Left: Johnny Nunez/WireImage, Shareif Ziyadat/WireImage)

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Young Thug / Lil Wayne - When Thugga came on the scene, the comparisons between him and Wayne were always there. But when both teamed up and made “Take Kare” — um, well, listen for yourself.(Photos form Left: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Tidal, Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Samsung) 

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Young Thug / Lil Wayne - When Thugga came on the scene, the comparisons between him and Wayne were always there. But when both teamed up and made “Take Kare” — um, well, listen for yourself.(Photos form Left: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Tidal, Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Samsung) 

Desiigner / Future - No conversation in hip-hop has been so widespread as of late as the “Desiigner sounds like Future” conversation.(Photos from Left: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images, Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2015) 

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Desiigner / Future - No conversation in hip-hop has been so widespread as of late as the “Desiigner sounds like Future” conversation.(Photos from Left: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images, Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2015) 

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Action Bronson / Ghostface - Their similar cadences led to these two New Yorkers hardcore beefing up until the summer of 2015.(Photos from Left: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for A+E Networks, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images) 

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Action Bronson / Ghostface - Their similar cadences led to these two New Yorkers hardcore beefing up until the summer of 2015.(Photos from Left: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for A+E Networks, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images) 

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Loon / Ma$e - With Ma$e out of the rap game, many felt like Loon was some sort of place holder when Diddy signed him to Bad Boy in 2001. Not even.(Photos from Left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) 

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Loon / Ma$e - With Ma$e out of the rap game, many felt like Loon was some sort of place holder when Diddy signed him to Bad Boy in 2001. Not even.(Photos from Left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) 

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Lil Wayne / Kanye West - On the track “Dr. Carter,” Wayne openly rapped about taking Ye’s line, “You can live through anything if Magic made it,” from “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Madonna / Public Enemy - The time Madonna ripped off Public Enemy’s “Security of the First World” after co-writer Lenny Kravitz used the drums on the Public Enemy track without permission. (Photo: MJ Kim/Getty Images) 

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Iggy Azalea / Kendrick Lamar - Oh and the time Iggy remade Kendrick’s “Look Out for Detox” and just...did this to it. The carnage that followed still echoes to this day.(Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Gucci) 

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RZA, Swizz Beatz, Joe Budden / Kanye West - When Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Friday releases turned into RZA, Swizz Beatz and Joe Budden’s respective Wu-Wednesdays, Monster Mondays and Mood Mondays. Ye’s a trailblazer.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Big Bank Hank / Grandmaster Caz - The infamous verse on the iconic “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang’s Big Bank Hank, “Check it out, I’m the C-A-S-A, the N-O-V-A, / And the rest is F-L-Y,” was for years disputed by Grandmaster Caz as having been written by him, not Hank. Caz has gone on to publicly forgive Big Bank.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images for Universal Music) 

Justin Bieber / Torey Lanez - When Justin Bieber got in the booth for a freestyle, he rapped about Lady Gaga and her telephone, a line which was borrowed from Torey Lanez.(Photo: John Blanding/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) 

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Justin Bieber / Torey Lanez - When Justin Bieber got in the booth for a freestyle, he rapped about Lady Gaga and her telephone, a line which was borrowed from Torey Lanez.(Photo: John Blanding/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) 

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Zayn Malik / Frank Ocean - When Zayn enlisted Frank Ocean producer Malay for his debut album, Mind of Mine, the similarities were totally obvious, causing many to say he swagger-jacked the Louisiana-bred singer/songwriter.(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for iHeartRadio )

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Oasis / Stevie Wonder - When the UK rock band used Stevie’s classic track “Uptight (Everything Is Alright)” as inspiration for their track “Step Out,” Stevie was like, “I want 10%.” And he got it.(Photo: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

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Beach Boys / Chuck Berry - This one is an oldie but goodie. California band the Beach Boys ripping off Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” for their own “Surfin’ U.S.A.” was clearly straight jacking. SMH, the thievery of it all.(Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Lil Zane / Tupac Shakur - Never forget the time we were listening to this 112 track and thought it was Tupac on the featured rap.(Photo: Nick Elgar/ImageDirect)

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Jay Z / Nas - Let’s not forget this epic moment when Jay Z sampled Nas’s “The World Is Yours” for his own track “Dead Presidents II” and then bodied him about it on his own “Takeover” diss track years later. “You made it a hot line / I made it a hot song” still rings clearly throughout hip-hop history.

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Shia LaBeouf / The Anomalies - Last summer, a freestyle by Shia began making the internet rounds. He was called out for using lines from a record called “Perfectionist” from the group The Anomalies. Wouldn’t you want to look cool in front of this very interesting group of people?(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) 

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Angelous / Jay Z - Angelous sounded so much like Jay Z that the rapper went on record to say that he thought it was actually working against him. His 2003 mixtape It Ain’t A Game Part II got him some attention before he fell off the radar and returned in 2015 with a track that carried the same reminiscent tone and flow.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation) 

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Drake / Rappin’ 4-Tay - Yeah, that time Drake had to cough up $100,000 for using lines from Rappin’ 4-Tay’s “Playaz Club.” More champagne, Papi?(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)