"Smellin' Teen Spirit Like Kurt Cobain Is Here": Hip-Hop's Obsession with White Lines & Dead People (PHOTOS)

It's been 17 years since grunge rocker Kurt Cobain's suicide and people are still affected by his music. Many people only think he affected his grunge rock hardcore hipster fans back in the early '90s, but hip-hop loves Kurt Cobain just as much as the next grunge kid.

Jay-Z was spotted sitting courtside at a New Jersey Net's game rocking a Kurt Cobain t-shirt and he isn't the only hip-hop head with Kurt Cobain on his mind. Rappers such as Fabolous, Lil Wayne, Eminem and super group N.E.R.D. have all shouted out or mentioned Kurt Cobain in their rhymes.

The cocaine game isn't the only thing on a rapper's brain, they're also rapping about Kurt Cobain. Click on the next few pages to find out which rappers pay homage to the late, great Kurt Cobain.