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Rappers the Next Super Heroes?

The Guardian's excellent gamesblog has an editorial up discussing the role rappers and rap culture has taken in games. From the article: "Following Def Jam Vendetta and more pertinently Def Jam Fight for New York, this is another game that places real-life Hip Hop artists within a fictitious gangland setting. It's an interesting sub-genre, trading in on the mythologies that many rappers build around themselves in their lyrics, album art and endless feuds - fantasies of gun violence, rivalry and retribution."

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  1. Re:Rappers the Next Super Heroes? by Brainboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thanks. Now I have the theme song stuck in my head.

    So the Gramps opened up the bag,
    And took out the magical shoes...


    Ugh.

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    Just a guy with an opinion