Hip-Hop Loves Wrestling! 17 Dope Rap References to the Ring

Hip-hop has had a love affair with professional wrestling for a long time. In 1985, WWF's The Wrestling Album showcased the late great Junkyard Dog rapping on "Grab Them Cakes". The follow-up Piledriver album included "Jive Soul Bro" by Slick (my favourite of the two) complete with a music video and everything! In 2000, WWE released Aggression - an album of hip-hop remakes to superstars' entrance themes that featured the likes of Snoop Dogg, Ice-T and Method Man. 2004's WWE Originals features rap records (albeit brutal) from Rey Mysterio and Booker T. And most recently (and obviously) John Cena and Tha Trademarc's You Can't See Me album made official the marriage between rap and the squared circle. The following are some of my favourite lines (my own included) in hip-hop history commemorating this relationship. It appears, so far, as if Redman is my fiercest competitor for the title of "Rapper Who Loves Wrestling The Most". Check it out...

1) "WWF'n bitches, slammin' 'em in the rope like Shawn Mike" (and later) "I smacked her, cracked her, put her in a full nelson!"

- Redman on "Supaman Lova 3" from the album, Muddy Waters (1996)

2) "I like chillin', Monday Night Raw watchin', me and Dan-e-o at the SkyDome when it's in town"

- Choclair on "Northern Touch" from the Rascalz re-released album, Cash Crop (1997)

3) "The Superfly, Jimmy Fly Snuka rips the roof off"

- Redman on "Blow Your Mind" from the album, Whut? Thee Album (1992)

4) "I got Junkyard Dogs, I'm rowdier than Rod Piper"

- Ludacris on "Word of Mouf (Freestyle)" from the album, Word of Mouf (2001)

5) "The black 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan stay lurkin'" (and later) "I'm Superfly like Snuka"

-4-Ize also on "Word of Mouf (Freestyle)" from the Ludacris album, Word of Mouf (2001)

6) "I'm Stone Cold like Steve Austin or Medusa's eyes"

- Black Cat of Irs on "Lift Off" from the album, Welcome to Planet Irs (2003)

7) "I'm like Kurt Angle be, a hero slammin' you zeroes, it's true!"

-Dan-e-o also on "Lift Off" from the Irs album, Welcome to Planet Irs (2003)

8) "We got the illy team that doesn't even sweat the gleam
Or glamour, we'll figure-four your ass like Greg 'The Hammer'"

-Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest on "Keeping It Moving" from the album, Beats, Rhymes And Life (1996)


9)" When me and Meth swarm, you need a net to cover you
Turn the rap game into WCW, off the rope I hang glide to the throat"

-Redman on "Fire Ina Hole" from the Method Man/Redman album, Blackout! (1999)

10) "Rhymes Royal like a Rumble, Monolith is never humble"

-Nish Raawks of Monolith on "Danish" from the EP, The Long Awaited... (1998)

11) "So Raw, you'd swear I'm hip-hop's Vince McMahon"

-Dan-e-o on "Don't Believe Remix" from the Divo album, The Evolution Theory (2002)


12) "It's the seven eighty-eight, DDT 'em just like Jake 'The Snake'"

-T3 of Slum Village on "Players" from the album, Fantastic Vol.2 (2000)


13) "Double the funk like the zeroes in this year,
I'm the dirtiest player in the game like Ric Flair"

-Dan-e-o on "Stinky" from the mix CD, Jack Hammer Vol.2 (2004)

14) "Dreamin 'bout Toni Braxton, blowin' her back out like Bob Backlund
I'm throwing wrestling holds, tag-team with Funk Doc, we in funk mode, take yo' best shot"

- Method Man on "Do What Ya Feel" from the Redman album, Muddy Waters (1996)

15) "I'm Hulk Hogan, the Heavyweight Hip-Hop Champion slogan
Is raised above my head, you're dead, you read
'Dan-e-o Wins Again' the headline said"

-Dan-e-o on "Prologue: Set It Off/Can't Test Me" from the album, The Book of Daniel (2000)

16) "The Funkadelic Devil, hit you with the rap level of 10
Then 1, 2, 3, you're pinned!"

-Redman on "Time 4 Sum Aksion" from the album, Whut? Thee Album (1992)

17) "Crews are fun to fight, in front of mics
Their skills wouldn't be Raw even on Monday Night"

-Dan-e-o on "The Lion'z Den" from the album, The Book of Daniel (2000)

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