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Welp, another Halloween has come and gone. That means yet another round of costumes that range from exhaustively offensive, ingeniously relevant, respectably detailed to just plain cute (mostly reserved for kids, famous or otherwise). The best Halloween costumes are those that pull inspiration from recent, relevant pop culture events with genius execution. With a year as pop culturally packed as 2015 has been, there was no shortage of dope costumes that referenced everything from Drake's "Hotline Bling" video to the Zola story (extra points for hyper relevancy). But this year saw an especially focused spotlight on rapper costumes specifically. From music video scene recreations to rap-current mashups, and yes, cute babies, these are the best rapper-inspired costumes from this Halloween.
Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé in "Feeling Myself"
A handful of girlfriends used the "Feeling Myself" video as inspiration—Nicki's gram is full of friends recreating scenes like the beautiful dual-burger bite. But this lady using a toddler as her Beyoncé in lieu of, well, someone her own size, is the clear frontrunner.
Kanye West's Yeezy Season 2 Presentation
I feel like they could've gone harder on finding clothes that legitimately looked Yeezy Season-esque, but this is inspired nonetheless. I hope they went to parties and just kept that pose throughout.
Baby Killa Cam
The only thing that would make this more amazing is if she was in a baby pink truck.
2 Chainz
Arguably the most iconic 2 Chainz 'fit of all time, miraculously accomplished sans blackface.
Lil Kim Davis
Welp, Halloween is supposed to be scary, isn't it? Mission accomplished.
Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen"
This is clever I guess but on the low I really just think Demi doesn't know what "Trap Queen" actually means lmao.
Fetty Wap
Now here's the a real Trap Queen, salute to all the Remy Girlz out there.
Kanye West
Ultra-distressed clothes and 350 Boosts, got it. But Jaleel, the ultimate flex would've been actually buying some Yeezy Season 1 and just keeping the tags on.
DJ Khaled
Congratulations, Atrak, you didn't play yourself.
"Hotline Bling" Drake
The "Hotline Bling" video was no doubt one of the top five costume inspirations this year (just as Drake intended, probably) but this is pitch-perfect down to the hair length. A good pop culture referencing costume is one thing but you haven't nailed it until you take a perfect picture. This one may as well have been a screenshot of the video.
"IDFWU" Big Sean
Pretty good, but without the sign I'm pretty sure no one would've gotten this and just figured dude for like, Dez Bryant instead.
A$AP Yams
RIP Yams.
Travi$ Scott
Fantastic. I hope he pulled up to every block trick-or-treating with that car.
The Graham Family
Wow, I think we have a winner here. Dennis Graham in all his wave-capped Memphis pimp glory, ex-wife Sandi and their son Aubrey, hands clasped in prayer in a trademark shawl cardigan. The royal 6ix Family. Amazing.
The Ghost of Meek Mill
Wow, I lied. This guy's the real winner. My man even has angel wings strapped to his back and drawn-in bullet holes for added measure. Every other rapper costume is "Wanna Know" compared to this one.