Max O'Keefe: “My limited understanding of the rap game and all that it entails was surpassed when I turned on MTV and I saw a rapper wearing a Winnipeg Jets jersey. (Unfortunately, I cannot remember who it was). For all of you out there not familiar with the history of the NHL, the Winnipeg Jets were a professional hockey team that eventually got moved to Phoenix in 1996. Maybe it’s me, but a currently non-existent hockey team that was once based in Canada doesn’t seem like a good fit for a rapper trying to make himself look tough.”
The rap video that featured the Winnipeg Jets jersey was Da Youngsta's "Hip Hop Ride", and the team existed when the video came out in 1994.
So incongruous it seems to have black American rappers wear jerseys of a sport popularized by white Canadians that I decided to add a 'wiki' page of hockey jerseys appearances in rap music videos (I put 'wiki' in quotes because you can't edit it). So far I know of 4 videos with rappers in hockey jerseys (Smif-N-Wessun's "Let's Get It On", Black Moon's "I Got Cha Opin", Nas' "The World Is Yours", Da Youngsta's "Hip Hop Ride"), but if you know of more, send me the link to the video and I can add it to the list.
Good call. I imagine I'll
Richard — Mon, 2007-10-01 14:01Good call. I imagine I'll have to go through the list and update YouTube links every so often, since the service takes them down usually. I also added LL Cool J's "Hey Lover", which features a member of Boyz II Men wearing an Edmonton Oilers jersey. Not strictly a rapper, but he appears in a rapper's video, so close enough.
I think..Pittsburgh penguins
Anonymous — Mon, 2007-10-01 06:40I think..Pittsburgh penguins - Snoop Dogg, - Gin and Juice