Winnipeg Jets

Doesn’t Seem Like a Good Fit For a Rapper Trying to Make Himself Look Tough

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.

Rappers Wearing Hockey Jerseys in Music Videos

Rappers wearing jerseys from sports like football, baseball, or basketball, that I get. But hockey, a sport popularized by white Canadians? I'm setting out to document all the videos which feature hiphop artists wearing hockey jerseys. Know of any others? Send them my way, and include a YouTube link if you can.

Thanks to DELINQ who pointed out many of these videos, especially the Almighty RSO: “These first two are from the first group that started the fad, IMO. RSO was a Boston-based group that adopted the Bruins’ logo as their own, and pretty much wore only Bruins apparel, including the jerseys.”

The Almighty RSO's "Badd Boyz"

Team represented: Boston Bruins

The Almighty RSO's "Hellbound"

Wearing a crazy leather Boston Bruins jersey!

Crack Mack's "Flava In Ya Ear"

Tampa Bay Lightning (also, Craig Mack's homeboy wears a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey)

Onyx's "React"

Team Onyx. Rappers playing hockey!

Keith Murray's "The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World"

Team represented: Detroit Red Wings

Ill All Skratch's "Where My Homiez? (Come Around My Way)"

Team represented: generic

Smif-N-Wessun's "Bucktown"

Team represented: Chicago Blackhawks

Smif-N-Wessun's "Let's Get It On"

Teams represented: Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers

Black Moon's "I Got Cha Opin"

Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens

Nas' "The World Is Yours"

Team represented: New Jersey Devils

Da Youngsta's "Hip Hop Ride"

Team represented: Winnipeg Jets (!)

69 Boyz's "Tootsee Roll"

Teams represented: Montreal Canadiens, Florida Panthers

LL Cool J (actually one of the members of Boyz II Men) "Hey Lover"

Team represented: Edmonton Oilers

Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Gin and Juice"

Team represented: Pittsburgh Penguins

Lords of the Underground's "Tic Toc"

Team represented: Dallas Stars

Audio Two's "Top Billin'"

Team represented: Montreal Canadiens

Raekwon's "Ice Cream"

Team represented: Montreal Canadiens

King Just's "Warrior's Drum"

Teams represented: Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils

A Tribe Called Quest's "Oh My God"

Team represented: New Jersey Devils

RIP, Phife Dawg.

Nelly's "Country Grammar"

Team represented: St. Louis Blues

Jermaine Dupri & Ludacris "Welcome To Atlanta"

Team represented: Atlanta Flames, Atlanta Thrashers

Jermaine Dupri's Welcome To Atlanta (Coast 2 Coast Remix)"

Team represented: St. Louis Blues

Mariah Carey ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard "Fantasy (Bad Boy Remix)"

Team represented: Unknown

Lil Yachty's "Minnesota"

Team represented: His crew Sailing Team.

Drake and J. Cole's "First Person Shooter"

Teams represented: San Francisco Spiders