Busta Rhymes was the first performer eliminated from Season 4 of “The Masked Singer” last night, when he gamely rapped LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” instead of taking a more traditional singing approach to the Fox competition. Perhaps he should have just rapped faster.
While TheWrap had TheRapper on the horn to talk about his short-lived stint as broadcast television’s Dragon, this fan-porter asked Rhymes to teach us the secret to Rhymes-ing so fast.
The 48-year-old Rhymes, who first speed-rapped on a song called “Daily Reminder” and only got faster from there, told us that his first exposure to the double-timed version of the art form was a battle between Jamaican deejay Lieutenant Stitchie and reggae artist Papa San.
“It was so mind-blowing to me back when I was like 15, that I always wanted to just do it — as a fan,” Rhymes, who is the Brooklyn-born son of Jamaican immigrants,...
While TheWrap had TheRapper on the horn to talk about his short-lived stint as broadcast television’s Dragon, this fan-porter asked Rhymes to teach us the secret to Rhymes-ing so fast.
The 48-year-old Rhymes, who first speed-rapped on a song called “Daily Reminder” and only got faster from there, told us that his first exposure to the double-timed version of the art form was a battle between Jamaican deejay Lieutenant Stitchie and reggae artist Papa San.
“It was so mind-blowing to me back when I was like 15, that I always wanted to just do it — as a fan,” Rhymes, who is the Brooklyn-born son of Jamaican immigrants,...
- 9/24/2020
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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