Soulja Boy Related To Led Zeppelin?

Drastic times call for drastic measures! :D :D :D
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One is truly a musical legend, the other an overnight, over-rated mass media artist. See the link? Nothing obvious, but if we dig deeply we might get one…

Before I start, a side note of things:

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Who would have thought that rock can be associated with cheap and cheesy rap? It sure does now.

Let’s start. Led Zeppelin is a classic rock band formed circa 1960s all the way to 1980 with a few reunions later on. Within this time too, bands such as The Who, Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith were formed. We mainly classify these bands as ‘Rock’ but specifically (citing Wikipedia):

• Led Zeppelin – Heavy metal, hard rock
• The Who – Rock, hard rock, pop rock
• Thin Lizzy – Heavy metal, hard rock
• The Rolling Stones – Rock
• Aerosmith – Heavy metal, hard rock

From there, we can see that all five of them are closely related.

How far have we gone from here?

Not far, we still have some distance to go.

For the ‘link’ to be found, we need to get a band(s) that crosses the timeline from the 60s or 70s all the way into the 21^st century. Apart from that, we need the find bands that are a hybrid of rap and rock or rap rock as they call it.

Rap rock was first established or known in 1980s and originated from the United States. Bands that are known to influence (or be influenced by) this genre, were among others, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Linkin Park and Rage Against The Machine.

There. We have found the link for the age, which is between Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Linkin Park. Both are active till now, although the former has been doing it since the days of Aerosmith.

For the hybrid band, we have Linkin Park, pioneering the rap rock genre and filling the gap for the leap between rock to rap.

Things are starting to become clearer now. Since we have divulged in rap and Linkin Park, we can start talking about the likes of Jay-Z and Kanye West. Jay-Z and Linkin Park are closely related, especially in their collaboration but their music styles are almost similar, since both are within the rap circle. And within it lies Kanye West too.

And from there again, Jay-Z and Kanye West are also in the list of pop rappers, together with Soulja Boy.

A blasphemous relationship, but hey, the link is there.

So in a nutshell:

Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith [linked by genre]

Aerosmith and Red Hot Chilli Peppers [linked by genre and influence on rap rock]

Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Linkin Park [linked by genre and active years]

Linkin Park and Jay-Z/Kanye West [linked by sub-genre]

Jay-Z/Kanye West and Soulja Boy [linked by genre]