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     *It's no secret that record breaking swimmer Michael Phelps had hip hop pulsing through his iPod before every race at the Olympics in Beijing.

      Young Jeezy, whose tracks "I Got What it Takes" and "Go Getta" with R. Kelly were cited by Phelps as two of the songs he used for motivation, says his camp has reached out to the swimmer's reps to organize a formal introduction in the near future.

      "It would be great if I could holler at Phelps," Jeezy told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Peach Buzz column. "And it's a compliment that the man found inspiration in the music I do for the streets over here, over there in Beijing."

       "Phelps and his American rival Ryan Lochte, who is also a fan of Jeezy, greet each other by saying 'Juh,' in homage to the rapper, a.k.a. Jay Jenkins," the New York Times' Karen Crouse wrote in an article last week.

      Lil' Wayne's "A Milli," Rick Ross' "Hustlin" and Jay-Z's "Hello Brooklyn" were also mentioned by Phelps as pre-race motivation.

       "The music transforms him," wrote Crouse in the Times profile. "His goofy grin dissolves into a glower, his eyes turn cold as ice. The hip-hop beats have a hypnotic effect on Phelps, who sometimes, after a race, is unable to recall the songs that locked him into his groove."

       The playlist that Phelps provided to Yahoo.com during his historic Olympic turn reads as follows:

1. "Overnight Celebrity" - Twista
2. "Burn" - Usher
3. "Roses" - OutKast
4. "Till I Collapse" - Eminem
5. "Smile" - G Unit
6. "A Milli" - Lil' Wayne
7. "Hustlin" - Rick Ross
8. "Hello Brooklyn 2.0" - Jay-Z (featuring Lil' Wayne)
9. "I Got What It Takes" - Young Jeezy