Hip hop & AOL: Lin-Manuel Miranda shares his influences for Hamilton's 'My Shot'

Rusty Blazenhoff 5:20 am Fri Jul 10, 2020

The entire Rotten Tomatoes interview (above) with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is terrific and insightful. But I was especially struck by the part where he shares the songwriting process for "My Shot." His influences were hip hop and the AOL dialup chime:

Lin-Manuel Miranda breaks down his process of writing the song, 'My Shot' for #Hamilton. pic.twitter.com/YjoYGk7qq7

— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) July 7, 2020

"I'm grabbing from the influences and paying homage to those influences."

screengrab via Rotten Tomatoes

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