Lin-Manuel Mirandas Broadway musicalHamiltonhas become a sensation the way few cultural works ever do.
The cast hasbeen to the White House, performed at the Grammys, and dominatethis years Tony nominations.
But theyre not done yet.
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And were not being very doctrinaire about it.
Miranda also revealed his reactions to the various iconic rappers who have shown up toHamilton.
Nas, for instance, is now in possession of Mirandas original copy ofRon ChernowsAlexander Hamilton.
Busta was the first and the greatest, because he sat in the front row.
That was about as nervous as Ive been, Miranda said, echoingstatements he made to EW in December.
For me, its been exciting to meet a lot of lyrical giants.
Andre 3000, when he came, I was very conscious of him.
Eminem was another one of those.
When Nas came, I was a wreck.
I actually gave him my copy of the Chernow book that I took on vacation!
It was very impulsive.
Its always interesting when your heroes react in a way thats in keeping with what you think of them.
So I just gave him the book!
