Top 10 Hip-Hop Beards...

10. ?uestlove
qmoreno: He looks like a real hippy-style hip-hop head with the scruffy, patchy beard.
Rizoh1: Forget hippy-style, ?uesto's beard makes him truly underground; I heard it used to sweep the pavement back in the day. Bob Marley would be so proud.




















9. K-Os
Rizoh1: I saw him live when he came to Houston. I thought the white teenage kids were feeling his groove, turns out they were infatuated with his goatee
qmoreno: His beard is like the black version of Aesop's. It's got that patchy look, like he can't grow a full-blown beard. But his style isn't hippy, it's more Caribbean/island that you'd see in Barbados or something.

























8. Kaine (of Ying Yang Twins):
Rizoh1: His label wondering why the last Ying Yang album only sold 20 copies? Well, just take another look at that beardically imbalanced album cover
qmoreno: Okay, so he has the striped, zebra thing. It's really the only dope and original thing within the Ying Yang Twins group

















7. W.C.:
qmoreno: Dub C was the first rapper I remember seeing braid and put rubber bands in his beard. It really doesn't make him look anymore fierce, although I appreciate the effort
Rizoh : Be careful when you talk down on W.C.'s braided beard, I heard his is so gangsta it holds the AK when he's c-walking














6. Tech N9ne
qmoreno: Tech N9ne comes as a package deal. You get a crazy haircut with a crazy beard. You can't have one without the other. That's how they do it in Kansas City.
Rizoh1: No wonder he's the only one out of Kansas with a career, must have something to do with that beard
























5. David Banner

Rizoh1: Banner's beard gives him that math professor demeanor. All he needs is bald hair to complete the look.
qmoreno: I dig Banner's Mississippian grizzly look. The beard goes perfectly with his infamous snarl.




















4. Freeway

qmoreno: Man, Freeway's beard matches his crazy intensity on the mic. It's a straight up, 'I don't give an eff', straight from the streets of Philly type of beard.
Rizoh1: No doubt, Free keeps it grimy with his. I'm sure he pays extra for that beard at the barbershop.

























3. Kay Slay
qmoreno: Kay Slay is the first DJ I've seen with a full beard that was kept trimmed and clean. Too bad that doesn't translate to any turntable skills.

Rizoh1: Slay has that grimacing beard that makes him look more like a rapper than a dj

















2. Rick Ross

Rizoh1: Rick Ross could easily pass for Suge Knight at the Crazy Beard Country Club
qmoreno: Rick Ross' beard is trimmed and lined up sooo perfectly, I'm suprised that it doesn't have it's own fade. Still makes him look like a grandpa though.



















1. Rick Rubin:

qmoreno: I heard that when Rubin is in the studio, he scratches his beard over the mike and some magical dust comes out. The result is a string of hits.

Rizoh1: True. I also heard that Rick occassionally hides exclusive beat CDs in his beard.