JACQUES: Hip-Hop loves the Adult Swim animated
comedy 'Rick and Morty' and the feeling is mutual.
RICK: Just wanna hear some fuckin'... about
titties, throwin' stacks on some ass,
you know, just some good old fuckin' ATL style
club rap, Morty.
JACQUES: The series has used DMX in a beatdown
montage…
JACQUES: ...featured Lil Jon…
JACQUES: ...created their own rap songs…
JACQUES: ...and ended Season 1 dancing to
Florida’s Splack Pack.
JACQUES: Series co-creators Dan Harmon and
Justin Roiland love rap.
Harmon once told Vibe magazine quote,
JACQUES: We’re white and grew up in the suburbs, so we have to be into hip-hop.
JACQUES: Artists have even made their way
ON to the show.
Ice T had a very literal appearance.
ICE-T: This is why.
RICK: What the fuck you can turn into ice?
JACQUES: And Logic was featured in an episode.
RICK: Who the fuck is noob noob?
JACQUES: The Maryland MC is a huge fan of
'Rick and Morty' and tapped the duo to create
a teaser for his 2018 ‘Bobby Tarantino II’
mixtape and the extended version went on to
become the tape’s intro.
RICK: Shut up, I’m simply implying I want
some shit I can turn up on this ride to Clazabar
planet in sector G9, okay.
MORTY: Alright, geez, okay.
RICK: So, you know, so, meet me in the middle,
Morty.
Give me some of that Bobby Tarantino shit.
JACQUES: Rap duo Run The Jewels used Rick
and Morty in a Pulp Fiction and Men In Black-themed
music video called, "Oh Mama."
JACQUES: The series has also been referenced
and sampled in a number of rap songs.
JACQUES: And two of many fan made music videos
have gone viral using hip-hop.
One dubbing Kendrick Lamar’s “King Kunta”
with Rick’s voice, and another music video
for Eminem’s “Rap God,” which reportedly
took one hundred hours to complete.
JACQUES: In May 2018, Cartoon Network announced
that it’s extending the show by 70 episodes,
and fans are excited...especially Kanye West.
JACQUES: I’m Jacques Morel with Genius News,
bringing you the meaning and the knowledge
behind the music.
Peace!
J: Water- T, where are you going?
There’s too many of them!
WATER-T: Then I better crunch the numbers.
Ahghh!!
