Hip Hop
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Hip hop music is a popular music genre highlighted several times in the Homestar Runner body of work.
Hip hop slang is often used by characters, such as the commonly uttered phrase "dag, yo" in Teen Girl Squad.
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Coach Z
Coach Z is a rapper whose singles include "Rap Song" (accidentally featuring Peacey P), "These Peoples Try To Fade Me" and "Hip Hop Dance." He has dressed up as rappers Flavor Flav (Homestarloween Party), Humpty Hump (The House That Gave Sucky Treats), Kool Moe Dee (3 Times Halloween Funjob), and 2Pac (Halloween Fairstival) and is also a fan of Wu-Tang Clan. Other than his three singles, Coach Z's only known rap song is his musical rampage with Strong Bad in rampage. According to the Yearbook Character Page, Coach Z claims to have been a chart topping rapper in his home country.
Strong Bad
Strong Bad is a fan of the genre and the show Yo! MTV Raps (12:00), and has been shown to rap a few times, including in Everybody to the Limit. He has also created the Dog Food Gangstas. Also, many of his email intros feature a rap style.
The Cheat
The Cheat is a DJ who plays hip hop and other genres, such as indietronic (geddup noise). He assisted Strong Bad in making the video for his rap song Everybody to the Limit (earning a pizza) and remixed the King of Town's "Not Talkin' 'bout Butter" in hip hop form (Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2).
Others
- A DJ scratch is one of the available sounds in Audition with Marzipan.
- "Poot-Slap" by 3-Dee is a rap song of sorts.
- In New Boots, The Cheat dances a hip-hop dance on Homestar with his boots, after he pours hot soup on Homestar's eyes.
- In Halloween Potion-ma-jig, Homestar mentions "wap music" and asks Strong Sad what he would rap at a party.
- Crack Stuntman is seen rapping positive messages to kids and teens in An Important Rap Song.
- In Teen Girl Squad Issue 13, one minor character that appears is Peacey P, a rapper that The Ugly One seems to admire. His voice and singing style is very similar to that of Snoop Dogg.
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