VIDEO: Get Your Education! Genius Releases '9 Classic Rap References In HAMILTON'

As reported by BroadwayWorld, in October of 2015, the website Genius, recognized as "the world's biggest collection of song lyrics and crowdsourced musical knowledge," was well into their project of fully annotating the entire score of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway smash Hamilton, inviting readers to help point out the multitude of musical and historic references heard on the Original Broadway Cast Recording.

Genius spokesperson Nat Guevara says, "the musical remains hugely popular on the site; sometimes even outperforming songs by Drake and Beyoncé, traffic-wise." Miranda himself keeps a page of his notes on Genius (click here).

While Broadway fans may easily catch references to 1776 and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, these more contemporary musical moments may fly by those without an intimate knowledge of hip-hop and rap.

To help theatre types get their education, and to point out to the hip-hop community how "the hit Broadway musical deliberately nods to Biggie, DMX, Jay Z, and other hip-hop heavyweights,' Genius has released this fascinating video "9 Classic Rap References In Hamilton."

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The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette,Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr), Anthony Ramos (John Laurens, Philip Hamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).

From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington,Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelongHamiltonfriend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become. Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail directs this new musical about taking your shot, speaking your mind, and turning the world upside down.