::: An argument could be made (and would be made by many people who are not me) that 'musician' is only really an appropriate term for people who play instruments. Also, if there are two musicians with the same name in different genres, you'd have to have (hip hop artist) and (electronic artist) or whatever anyway. I suppose I don't see why 'artist' is self-aggrandizing. But I don't really care; originally this, and a few other ANticon articles, were at '(artist)', which is completely misleading. 'Musician', 'hip hop musician' or 'hip hop artist' are all fine by me. -