VH1: White Rapper Show

VH1 has taken it upon themselves to find the next GREAT white rapper, and the competition is heating up…or has VH1 created the most ridiculous and irresistible show ever... If you have not seen the show, ill give you a hint…(in a competition: They are on the stoop of the “white” house, while they are given topics to rap about on “white” bread with the word “white” in every topic, they have to write the rhymes in an Ice Box, and use “white” ink on “white” sheets of paper while wearing “white” socks…. And yeah they are all white) VH1 has tried everything in its power to make this show as “serious” and “real” as possible, but they have failed in every attempt.

Host:
Its host M.C. Search was a white rapper (who's rap cataloge is not very impressive) and every show insists that “this is not a game.” When in reality, that’s exactly what “this” is… it is a game. They have managed to find the most motley crew of white “rappers” on the planet. (the term “rapper” used liberally in this case). Lets briefly look at some of the best characters:

You have Shamrock, the Paul Wall southern rapper, who could not be more southern if he wore a fried chicken suit… yeah and he has a weird face.

Then you have or have Jon Boy, who has quickly become one of my favorites after his antics in this past episode. I Explain… so they went out shopping in teams for a fashion contest, and when confronted by a fellow shopper, who noticed the cameras, proceeded to sign the shoppers shoe box for his daughter… which in turn will lower the value of the box itself, make it non returnable and only confuse the daughter as to who in the world Jon Boy is. When interviewed about the incident he said… “More then likely we will all end of being celebrities…So we have to get used to this kind of stuff!?!?!?!” - Jon Boy
Then to make matters much better he when outside the shoe store and started freestyling in front of a small to very small sized crowd…because he is “proud of what he can do” and “wanted to show off his craft.” Hats of to you Jon Boy…you are highly delusional.

But the Best Character on the Show Award goes to Jus Rhyme, who wins by a landslide. This guy is a real trip. Imagine if you can the looks, lyrics and talent of LFO (lyte funky ones), the sensitivity and weird facial expressions of Richard Simmons (guy workout guru) and the acute awareness of a five year old child (no idea whats going on in the world). If you can do that you have Jus Rhyme… who feels “there are much bigger issues then this show,” like what you ask… “white supremacy.” Way to look at the big picture Jus Rhyme. VH1 really lucked out with this guy… I hope he wins.

Final Thought:
Though the show doesn’t come close to presenting or finding talented white rappers. And you would be a fool to think that is what they sought out to do, though a few of them show rare glimpses of lyrical talent (most of them gone now)… this show is meant to entertain and nothing more (and it hits dead on). What the show in turn does show… is the strong disparity between white and black that still exists in hip-hop today. I would not say that hip-hop is a black or white thing, because it is a music and culture that is embraced by all races across the world, myself included. However, the white rapper show only shows goofy ass white rappers that would seem to represent what is still a strong divide in how blacks and whites interact with and are viewed within hip-hop.

I only wish this show actually did represent the unsigned, white hype in the world today; it would be an entirely different show, one in which the word “white” didn’t revolve around everything they do.