Rap

Jimmy Fallon Made Brian Williams Rap Snoop Dogg

by Reggie Noble on June 6, 2013 at 12:06pm

Here’s a fun fact. This week I went on a tour of NBC’s studios. Brian Williams was nowhere to be seen. The Kenneth Parcells-looking page told me the...

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Will Smith, Jaden Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Alfonso Ribeiro Do Amazing ‘Fresh Prince’ Rap Medley

by Brandon Wenerd on May 28, 2013 at 10:04am

'80s babies, get ready to melt. Last May Will Smith led a sing-a-long of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" theme song on BBC's Graham Norton Show. At the...

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Ludacris Drops a Track Called ‘I Don’t Give a F*ck’

by Stevie Chay Vaughan on May 19, 2013 at 1:30pm

Signature Luda styles, Fast & Furious Rapping. This is part of Luda's #IDGAFFridays movement, culminating in a mixtape his new record label, Distrubing...

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Michigan State Pulls Scholarship from WR Who Would Rather Be a Rapper Anyway

by Reggie Noble on May 15, 2013 at 10:00am

Jay Harris, a three-star wide receiver from Pennsylvania, had his scholarship offer stripped by Michigan State after they found out about his budding rap...

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Dorky Dude in Cardigan Kills Freestyle Rap Battle

by Andy Moore on May 7, 2013 at 2:30pm

Our friends at Guyism have unearthed a real gem of a video here: A freestyle rap battle totally owned by a white guy, Shane, who dressed for the occasion...

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The 25 Best Producers In Hip Hop Right Now

by Gaston Martin on May 7, 2013 at 2:30pm

There's an ongoing trend in hip hop these days that draws more and more audience attention to the producers behind some of our favorite tracks. In some...

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Chris Kelly, One Half of Kriss Kross, Dies of Apparent Drug Overdose

by Reggie Noble on May 2, 2013 at 8:15am

Chris Kelly, one half of the famed early ‘90s rap power group Kriss Kross, died last night of an apparent drug overdose. He was 34.

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Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly Does a Little Eminem for You

by Reggie Noble on April 19, 2013 at 3:37pm

It’s been a terrible, no good, very bad week. Fox News’ Megyn Kelly reading Eminem lyrics from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Twitter account was a tiny silver...

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Meet the 12-Year-Old Who’s Buddies with Almost Every Rapper in the Game

by Andy Moore on April 10, 2013 at 5:10pm

I can't decide whether I irrationally hate this kid for living a much cooler life than mine, or if I weirdly look up to him. Regardless, what he's done...

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7 Funniest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time

by Krum on April 8, 2013 at 3:35pm

With a culture steeped in hubris and violence, Hip-Hop is arguably music’s most humorless genre. Rap’s ain’t nothing nice-attitude fostered a culture...

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Here’s Video of Artist Jay Shells Explaining His ‘Rap Quotes’ Project

by Andy Moore on March 30, 2013 at 11:00am

I wanted to follow up on Wednesday's post on artist Jay Shells, who put up the amazing Rap Quotes street signs in New York's boroughs. Each...

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Artist Uses Jay-Z, Nas, and Other Rap Lyrics to Map Out NYC in Awesome Way

by Andy Moore on March 27, 2013 at 2:40pm

Any rap fan who's visited New York City has experienced this phenomenon: You might come in from up north and ride a bus through Queens, or you might take...