Khaos Williams is BLOWING UP right now after that 30 second knockout of Abdul Razak Alhassan over the weekend -- and he's giving some of the credit to his hip hop idols.
Meek Mill. Jay-Z. Drake.
"Those guys inspired me," 25-year-old Khaos tells TMZ Sports ... "Every morning I wake up before my fights, I start my day off listening to Jay-Z."
"Y'all just inspired me. Y'all music, it got me through some dark times, it gave me some inspiration when I didn't have the inspiration."
Khaos, who's based in Michigan, is making quite a name for himself right now -- his last 2 fights were insanely violent and lasted a TOTAL of 57 seconds!