Marvel Comics Drop 4 More Hip Hop Variant Covers, NWA, Nicki Minaj

Marvel Comics continues to showcase these stunning variant covers in homage to past and present Hip Hop album covers. These variants reimaged with popular heroes ranging from the New Avengers to Spider-Gwen continue to impress. Hit the jump to view these new works of art.

By speedyg33 - Aug 16, 2015 01:08 PM EST

Filed Under: Comics

The hits keep coming. Last week Marvel Comics themed event showcasing album covers of various hip hop artists hit the half way point. It has been a resounding success producing some inspired pieces, with my personal favorite being the Nas/Miles Morales Spider-Man variant.

We have seen some great stuff but many hip hop fans have expressed disappointment over the fact that their favorite artist or album still hasn’t been shown any love. Well no need to worry Marvel has begun the trip down the backside of 50 with four new covers so your favorite still has a chance.

Possibly taking advantage of the release of the NWA bio-pic we get a take on the group’s groundbreaking album Straight Outta Compton with a variant of A-Force #1 well played Marvel. Other covers feature homages to Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday, Slick Ricks The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s The Message, bringing the grand total to 28.

Last week there was a bit of confusion on whether all the covers had been released. So I’ve included a tweet from the man behind the project Axel Alonso, Marvel Editor-in-Chief that clears up the picture. Take a look at the new variants and the original covers pictured below, and keep your eye out for the final 22.

We have revealed less than 1/2 of our Hip-Hop variants. Keep your eyes peeled for 4 more today.
— axel alonso (@axelalonsomarv) August 14, 2015


N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton, A-Force #1, artist Adam Hughes

Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday , Angela: Queen of Hel #1, artist Annie Wu

Slick Rick’s The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Spider-Gwen, artist Humberto Ramos

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s The Message, New Avengers #1, artist Ed Piskor
Photo Credit: XXL Mag

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28 Comments

DeusExSponge - 8/16/2015, 1:50 PM

Spider-Gwen is the best of the bunch, and A-Force is pretty good.

MrJillyMcBeam - 8/16/2015, 1:54 PM

Not a fan of the genre, but the art is superb.

TheEpicJuicebox - 8/16/2015, 1:59 PM

That was not the Nicki Minaj album I was thinking of..

hufflepuff69 - 8/16/2015, 2:01 PM

I was expecting Nickis ass shots 😂

Reasonnnn - 8/16/2015, 2:39 PM

Loving the Grandmaster Flash cover.

TheGambitFreak - 8/16/2015, 2:40 PM

Just don't do this to the Star Wars comics and we're good.

sameoldthing - 8/16/2015, 2:52 PM

Very creative stuff.
Not a fan of the music but I like the artistic endeavor.

speedyg33 - 8/16/2015, 2:58 PM

Hip Hop is not my first music of choice as well, but I do own a few of these albums and a track or two from others. I mentioned it in another one of these article that I would like Marvel to explore Punk albums after they complete this project. I'd prefer Punk over rock because of their underground nature similar to some of these hip hop albums.

SAMURAI36 - 8/16/2015, 4:23 PM

LMAO @ Marvel, for pandering a gimmick to an audience who mostly doesn't even like said art form. Meanwhile, how's those Black writers coming?

Oh that's right, Marvel doesn't have any.

SAMURAI36 - 8/16/2015, 4:23 PM

@ Jollem:

You must not be Black.

DrKinsolving - 8/16/2015, 7:18 PM

DrKinsolving - 8/16/2015, 7:20 PM

AbhiShake - 8/17/2015, 4:17 AM

LEOSTRATOR - 8/17/2015, 9:46 AM

Hip Hop got ruined when a certain group of people hijacked the genre like they did Rock and Jazz. LOL! :P

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