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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Snoop Dogg Is My Cousin

[King Fuckstain]

"Developers are always looking for new ways to milk pop culture for all its [sic] worth."

CORRECTION: Management is always looking for new ways to milk pop culture for all it's worth. Developers merely produce what the suits decide these days. Video games have become a pretty big business.

Furthermore, I believe those Def Jam Fighting games sold fairly well. I heard an African-American fellow in Blockbuster talking to another African-American fellow about how good they are.