Another recent musical discovery I made (thanks to late night CKUA at work) is Ridley Bent, a Canadian singer/songwriter/guitar player who blends acoustic country with hip hop beats and rhymes. He calls it hick hop. From Suisidewinder, which you can hear on his site:

I'm Johnny Cash when I'm drinkin', I'm the Clash when I'm thinkin' I'm Mad Max when I'm drivin', I'm Mike Diamond when I'm rhymin' I'm Humphrey Bogart when I'm smokin', I'm Bob Marley when I'm tokin And in bed when I'm dreamin' I'm a guitar slingin' demon