Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz, 1976) is a hip hop musician (rapper and producer). Aesop's style blends a varying tone and delivery withlyrics that contain intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, puns, absurdism, and pop culture references, while including theoccasional touchstones of traditional hip hop storytelling and self-promotion. As a result of this unorthodox style, Aesop has become acontroversial rapper among hip hop enthusiasts.
