| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $600: Portishead helped popularize this style of dance music that rhymes with hip-hop & has elements of jazz trip-hop |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $1600: This Compton rapper died in 1995, but his son Lil this is carrying on the hip-hop name Eazy-E |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $2000: Hip-hop artist Chris Rivers is the son of this "Big" guy born Christopher Rios, the first Latino solo rapper to go platinum Big Pun |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $1600: 1990s hip-hop duo, Black Star, was a collaboration between Talib Kweli & this rapper, also known as Yasiin Bey Mos Def |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | "HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $1600: Called America's defining Celtic hip-hop group, they hit the Top 5 with a 1990s party anthem House of Pain |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $600: Billboard said he is "often cited as hip-hop's goat behind the boards... a lead rapper on... 1988's 'Straight Outta Compton"' Dr. Dre |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | NEW JAZZ $1600: A 2023 Hulu doc follows Atlanta musicians fusing jazz with this 4-letter hip-hop subgenre associated with T.I. & Migos trap |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $2000: "Protect Ya Neck" was the first single by this hip-hop group with a martial arts-themed name Wu-Tang Clan |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | KISS MY GRITS! $600: The hip-hop group that sings "Let's Get It Started" shares its name with this ingredient of Hoppin' John the Black Eyed Peas |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $1600: Corey Hawkins played Dr. Dre in this hip-hop biopic Straight Outta Compton |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | CHANGE A LETTER $800: Merriam-Webster defines it as "a subculture... whose amusements include rap music, graffiti & break dancing" hip-hop |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | MEN OF MICHIGAN $400: Hi, my name is (what?) My name is (who?) My name is this Detroit rapper who has his own hip-hop channel Eminem (Slim Shady) |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | HIP-HOP LITERARY REFERENCES $400: In "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" , André 3000 says the drama at the club is "reminiscent of Charles", this 19th century author Dickens |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | HIP-HOP LITERARY REFERENCES $800: A 2Pac alter ego & a Waka Flocka flame album both allude to this Italian author of "The Prince" Machiavelli |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | HIP-HOP LITERARY REFERENCES $1200: Sharing a name with a 1920s Harlem Renaissance book, "The Blacker The Berry" is a song off this rapper's "To Pimp a Butterfly" Kendrick Lamar |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | HIP-HOP LITERARY REFERENCES $1600: This rapper & "Law & Order: SVU" actor titled his spoken word track "Soul on Ice" after Eldridge Cleaver's memoir Ice-T |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | HIP-HOP LITERARY REFERENCES $2000: On "Call Me If You Get Lost", Tyler, the Creator takes on this last name of a 19th c. French poet & also of a Lemony Snicket family Baudelaire |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SOME "HARD" SONGS $1600: "Ghetto Anthem" is the subtitle of this Jay-Z hip-hop classic "Hard Knock Life" |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $800: Chinese-American female architect who brought Tony-winning hip-hop history to Broadway Maya Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | SHOE GAZING $1600: In a song off "Illmatic", Nas raps about wearing this brand's suede boot associated with New York hip-hop Timberland |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE BAND'S SONGS TELL A STORY $400: "I Gotta Feeling" you know this hip-hop group! They did "Don't Stop The Party"... c'mon, "Don't Phunk With My Heart"! Black Eyed Peas |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $400: The "Right Round" rapper's Miami-Dade county roots made this stage name an obvious choice Flo Rida |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $800: As a Beastie Boy, Adam Horovitz became him Ad-Rock |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $1200: Cameron Thomaz was known by a short form of "Wizard"; a relative added an Arabic word & now Cameron is him Wiz Khalifa |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $1600: This rapper who has collaborated with Drake & Post Malone says his name comes from Atlanta's 2100 street gang 21 Savage |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $2000: Hip-hop's 50th bday in 2023 is based on the Aug. 11, 1973 party DJed by Clive Campbell, who used this name from a mythical strongman DJ Kool Herc |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | TIME TO DANCE $600: Lean from side to side, move your arms & run your hands over your hair to get on a first-name basis with this hip-hop dance the Dougie |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: This southern city is a hip-hop mecca & one of its temples is Lenox Square Mall, where the OutKast rappers met Atlanta |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $800: (Questlove presents the clue.) This use of snippets from other artists' songs is a hip-hop tradition; in 2006 the Roots had a half hour to clear one from Radiohead before our album got shipped, so we got Jay-Z to find Thom Yorke at the gym a sample |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | FIVE CHANCES $1600: In the '70s he & the Furious Five were just about the first hip-hop group; in 2007 they were the first in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Grandmaster Flash |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | SHOES! $1000: In a hip-hop classic by Run-DMC, these title things "Walk through concert doors/ And roam all over coliseum floors" "My Adidas" |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $600: In the 1980s Chuck D began fighting the power in this hip-hop group with Flavor Flav, a man who always knew what time it was Public Enemy |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1200: It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this Def |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THESE WORDS MEAN NO OFFENSE $400: Dictionaries tell us that as a noun, it's a simpleton; as a hip-hop adjective, it's great or impressive dope |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | THE MANY MUSICS OF MARK RONSON $1600: (Mark Ronson delivers the clue.) In my college years I was DJing at downtown New York clubs spinning new hip-hop like the debut album of this kung fu-loving group produced by the RZA the Wu-Tang Clan |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $2000: They heard Chuck D & this band revolutionize hip-hop with albums like 1988's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" Public Enemy |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | NOT AN ANSWER $800: Strumming this instrument, Einer Bankz has teamed up with hip-hop artists like Chance the Rapper a ukulele |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: Combining hip-hop & street jazz, the Brooklynettes are the dance team for this NBA squad the Brooklyn Nets |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $200: In "U Can't Touch This", he rapped his thanks to the Lord "for blessing me with a mind to rhyme & 2 hyped feet" MC Hammer |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $400: Making their Top 40 debut in 1991, this vocal group told us, "Motownphilly's back again, doin' a little East Coast swing" Boyz II Men |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $600: Ladies love this cool guy who was both "Doin It" & "Loungin" in 1996 LL Cool J |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $800: In 1992 this vocal group who are always in style sang, "No, you're never gonna get it" about "My Lovin"' En Vogue |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $1000: "I'm kinda buzzed & it's all because" of this Montell Jordan No. 1 R&B hit; we also learned "South Central does it like nobody does" "This Is How We Do It" |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | ALSO A COOKING VERB $1200: Dental accessory popularized by hip-hop stars grill |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | STREET ART $1000: This hip-hop artist got his 3-word name from his association with the Brooklyn street art crew the Fabulous 5 Fab 5 Freddy |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $800: "Heart Of A Champion" is the opening track on this one-named hip-hop star's 2004 album, "Sweat" Nelly |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | MUSIC"!" $3,000 (Daily Double): The hip-hop duo Tag Team gave us the destined to-be-a-classic this! "(There It Is)" "Whoomp!" |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | AROUND LOS ANGELES $400: When Quincy Jones came to L.A., he didn't know Sunset but knew of Central Ave., hub of this music style & now of a festival for it jazz |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | CHESS TERMS $800: A title in kung fu, or a famous nickname in '70s hip-hop grandmaster |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $600: (Sting presents the clue.) My new album "Duets" features collaborations with Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock & this woman whose "What's the 411?" pioneered the fusion of soul music & hip-hop Mary J. Blige |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | RUTH BADER GINSBURG $400: Ginsburg rather enjoyed this hip-hop nickname she got from a Tumblr blog the Notorious RBG |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | THE HIP-HOP ERA $200: T-Pain & Kanye West brought this pitch correction technology to mainstream hip-hop Auto-Tune |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | THE HIP-HOP ERA $400: This 2015 hip-hop biopic was for a time the highest-grossing film with an African-American director, F. Gary Gray Straight Outta Compton |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | THE HIP-HOP ERA $600: She staked her claim as the queen of hip-hop on the 2010 track "Monster" Nicki Minaj |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | THE HIP-HOP ERA $800: With artists like Jay-Z & LL Cool J, "the Motown of hip-hop" is this record label co-founded by Rick Rubin Def Jam |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | THE HIP-HOP ERA $1000: This Naughty by Nature classic with "Hip Hop" in its title got new fans when Rita Wilson rapped along in a 2020 clip "Hip Hop Hooray" |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | MARIAH CAREY $1200: (Mariah Carey presents the clue.) Over the years, I've collaborated with some of hip-hop's best, including Snoop Dogg on "Crybaby" & with this rapper & producer on "Heartbreaker" Jay-Z |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | DOCUSERIES $1000: This sprawling hip-hop "Clan" is profiled in the Showtime series "Of Mics & Men" the Wu-Tang Clan |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | LIL NASDAQ "X" $800: This service features channels like Hip-Hop Nation, Ozzy's Boneyard & No Shoes Radio SiriusXM Radio |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | BAND EMOJIS $1200: The crème de la crème of virtual hip-hop the Gorillaz |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | THE OSCARS $1000: The Oscar-winning song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" was by this hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | HIP-HOP FEUDS $400: The Source magazine began a feud with this Detroit rapper & film star, but he put a "Nail In The Coffin" on that Eminem |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | HIP-HOP FEUDS $800: In 2014 this "NCIS: Los Angeles" co-star ended a 17-year rift with Canibus, with the 2 rapping onstage in Brooklyn LL Cool J |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | HIP-HOP FEUDS $1200: The mom of this "Empire State of Mind" & "Hard Knock Life" star told him to apologize to Nas after a very rough diss track Jay-Z |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | HIP-HOP FEUDS $1600: Very little we can quote from his "No Vaseline"--let's just say this man was feeling "cold" toward his ex-NWA bandmates Ice Cube |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | HIP-HOP FEUDS $2000: He has ended his feud with 50 Cent & also changed his physique, making his rap name less accurate Fat Joe |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | FASHION BRANDS $800: This footwear brand turns up often in hip-hop lyrics; the Notorious B.I.G. & Smif-n-Wessun called them "Timbs" Timberlands |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $2000: The ancient libation, revived in hip-hop culture, is honored in "Pour Out A Little Liquor" by Thug Life featuring this late rapper Tupac |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $1600: Real name Melissa, with albums like "Supa Dupa Fly" she's the 1st female hip-hop artist in the Songwriters Hall of Fame Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | ENDS IN "X" $1200: The OED defines it as "to make rhythmical sounds with the voice & mouth in imitation of the rhythms of hip-hop music" beatbox |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | HIP-HOP MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $400: A "Peanuts" character is the source of this stage name that Calvin Broadus uses Snoop Dogg |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | HIP-HOP MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $800: Austin Post used a rap name generator to come up with this alias Post Malone |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | HIP-HOP MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $1200: It's not an "Invasion of Privacy" to reveal that she is also known as Belcalis Almanzar Cardi B |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | HIP-HOP MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $1600: This leader of Public Enemy was originally Carlton Ridenhour Chuck D |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | HIP-HOP MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $2000: Back in the "Good Old Days", he was Ben Haggerty from Seattle Macklemore |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | HITMAKERS $1200: "Walk It Talk It" did both for this hip-hop trio from Atlanta Migos |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | HIP-HOP TO IT $200: This Dr. is in:
"Got a palace in the hills overlookin' the sea, it's worth 8 but I only paid 5.3" Dr. Dre |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | HIP-HOP TO IT $400: Just 10 days after its release, "This Is America" by this rapper had over 100 million views on YouTube Childish Gambino |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | HIP-HOP TO IT $600: Lil Duval provided a "Smile (Living My Best Life)" with help from this "canine" superstar & Ball Greezy Snoop Dogg |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | HIP-HOP TO IT $800: It's the "Mode" Travis Scott was in to go to No. 1 on the pop charts in 2018 "Sicko Mode" |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | HIP-HOP TO IT $1000: Following "Licensed to Ill", this second "Ill" album by the Beastie Boys featured "Sabotage" Ill Communication |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $200: He crooned, "'Cause you're a good girl & you know it, you act so different around me" Drake |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $400: Hip-hoppers liked "I Like It", provided by Bad Bunny, J Balvin & this woman who also warned us to "Be Careful" Cardi B |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $600: "Shopping sprees in Paris, everything 24 karats, take a look in that mirror, now tell" this singer "who's the fairest" Bruno Mars |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $800: In 2018 "Pray For Me" ascended the Billboard chart for The Weeknd & this Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $1000: GPS on your phone? Don't put it on silent--"ride the vibrations"--this young man "don't need nothin' else but you" Khalid |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1600: Nina Dobrev gave the 2016 AMA for Best Rap/Hip Hop album to this former "Degrassi" costar Drake |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ $400: In 1951 this jazz master released the album "Satchmo at Symphony Hall" Louis Armstrong |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ $800: Garth Brooks sang, "I'm not big on social graces, think I'll slip on down to the oasis, oh I've got friends in" here low places |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ $2000: Just out of high school in 1944, this "Kind of Blue" trumpeter sat in with a band that had Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker Miles Davis |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $400: Fox' "Empire" has been seen as a hip-hop take on this play, with Jamal Lyon as a gender-swapped Cordelia King Lear |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEMBERS OF THE HIP-HOP GROUP $400: In 3 initials:
Ice Cube,
Eazy-E,
MC Ren NWA |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEMBERS OF THE HIP-HOP GROUP $800: Ghostface Killah,
Raekwon,
Inspectah Deck--
there are a lot more... the Wu-Tang Clan |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEMBERS OF THE HIP-HOP GROUP $1200: Big Boi,
Andre 3000 Outkast |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEMBERS OF THE HIP-HOP GROUP $1600: Prince Marky Dee,
Kool Rock-Ski,
Buff Love the Human Beat Box
(combined weight, more than 750 lbs.) The Fat Boys |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEMBERS OF THE HIP-HOP GROUP $2000: Cee-Lo Green,
Big Gipp:
this Mob Goodie Mob |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | HIP-HOP HOORAY! $200: Kendrick Lamar rapped, "I am" this; Muhammad Ali might have disagreed the greatest |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | HIP-HOP HOORAY! $400: In the past, this hitmaker of "Turn On The Lights" & "Mask Off" was Nayvadius Wilburn Future |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | HIP-HOP HOORAY! $600: In 2018 this Southern city's new mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms put rappers T.I. & Killer Mike on her transition team Atlanta |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | HIP-HOP HOORAY! $800: Hooray for this hip-hopper who with "God's Plan" is the only act other than The Beatles with 20 Top 10 hits in one decade Drake |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | HIP-HOP HOORAY! $1000: Billboard listed 2 of his trilogies, "Blueprint" & "Volume", among the 10 bestselling rap series of all time Jay-Z |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | ENTERTAINING ERAS $1200: Not MC but this precedes "Kool Herc" in the name of the guy who says he began the hip-hop era (Bronx Rec Room, 1973) DJ |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | RECENT R&B & HIP-HOP HITS $1200: "Rake It Up" from Yo Gotti raced up the charts & featured this woman seen here Nicki Minaj |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | RECENT R&B & HIP-HOP HITS $2000: Hitmaking was in his "DNA." He had "Loyalty." He was "Humble." & in "Love."--"Damn." Kendrick Lamar |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | HIP-HOP & R&B 2017 $400: A lot of people liked "That's What I Like", a chart-topper for this "Planetary" singer Bruno Mars |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | HIP-HOP & R&B 2017 $800: "To The Max" was a hit for DJ Khaled & this "Degrassi"-starring Canadian Drake |
| #7618, aired 2017-10-25 | NEEDLES $800: The DJ is using the needle to create this hip-hop effect scratching |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | 2017 BILLBOARD HITS $400: When it came to Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Fake Love" by this Canadian rapper got real love from fans Drake |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SOAP? $400: Its creator described this Fox series centering on a hip hop music & entertainment co. as "black Dynasty" Empire |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MUSIC FROM THE 2000s $600: Providing both hip & hop in 2005, this group that included Fergie had a request--"Don't Lie" The Black Eyed Peas |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | '90s MUSIC $2000: "Protect Ya Neck" was the first single by this hip-hop group with a martial arts-themed name the Wu-Tang Clan |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $1200: Corey Hawkins played Dr. Dre in this hip-hop biopic Straight Outta Compton |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | WHAT A DOLL! $400: These dolls that are "adopted" inspired a hip-hop dance Cabbage Patch dolls |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP $200: In 2015 rapper Young Thug said this man, born Shawn Carter in 1969, is too old to be a relevant hip-hop artist Jay-Z |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP $400: In 2015 AARP magazine tweeted a cover showing this rapper & mogul who helped launch Snoop Dogg Dr. Dre |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP $600: 2015 is the 25th anniversary of this group's "Fear of a Black Planet" Public Enemy |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP $800: Ad-Rock of this group acts in the movie "While We're Young" & says in it, "We're old men" The Beastie Boys |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP $1000: In an ode to the past, 40-something Nas says, this rotund trio "broke up, rap hasn't been the same since" The Fat Boys |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | NAME-DROPPING SONG LYRICS $1600: (Bob Costas gives the clue.) In "Hip Hop Quotabtes'", this rapper name-checked me with "Now I roll up torpedoes, get blunted with Rastas, & for a hefty fee, I'm on your record like Bob Costas" Ludacris |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | NEW TO THE SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY $1000: Make some noise in imitation of the rhythms of hip-hop music
TOBAXEB BEATBOX |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | PLATINUM BANDS $1600: The song "Hey Ya!" helped move 11 million copies of "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" for this hip-hop outfit OutKast |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | CABLE NETWORKS $400: "Girlfriends" &
"The Hip Hop Awards" BET |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $800: (CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary delivers the clue.) I'm having a flashback to my high school days lately, listening to the hip-hop trio known as "A Tribe Called" this Quest |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | 99 $600: You'll find "99 Problems" on this hip-hop star's "Black Album" Jay-Z |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ $400: "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady, all you other Slim Shadys are just imitating, so won't the real Slim Shady please stand up?" Eminem |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ $800: In "Who Am I?": "Bow wow wow, yippee yo, yippie yay, bow wow wow yippie yo (the bomb)" Snoop Dogg |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ $1200: In "Gold Digger": "Cutie the bomb, met her at a beauty salon, with a baby Louis Vuitton under her underarm" Kanye West |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ $1600: "Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years, rockin' my peers & puttin' suckas in fear... Mama said knock you out" LL Cool J |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ $2000: "Your mom busted in & said, 'What's that noise?' Aw Mom, you're just jealous, it's" them the Beastie Boys |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | HELLO, CLEVELAND! $2000: In 1999 this Chuck D group said, "Hello, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" & played at a new hip-hop exhibit Public Enemy |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: A hip-hop greeting, or to eat the evening meal sup |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | HIP HOP HOOPSTERS $200: On his modestly titled "K.O.B.E.", Kobe Bryant duetted with this top model & talk show host Tyra Banks |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | HIP HOP HOOPSTERS $600: This former University of Michigan & Sacramento Kings star raps as "C. Webb" Chris Webber |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | HIP HOP HOOPSTERS $800: Known as "A.I." in the NBA, this controversial guard raps under the name Jewelz Allen Iverson |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | HIP HOP HOOPSTERS $1000: Once part of a notorious brawl, this star defender now a Laker tells his side on the "My World" CD Ron Artest |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | HIP HOP HOOPSTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): This former hubby of Eva Longoria had some success in his native France with his hip hop album "TP" Tony Parker |
| #6187, aired 2011-07-05 | "H" IS FOR HOBBY $400: If dancing is your thing, try this alliterative style that employs breaking, popping & locking Hip Hop |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: "All Hail the Queen" & "The Dana Owens Album" are releases by this actress & hip hop artist Queen Latifah |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | LITTLE PEOPLE $1600: Lil Jon is one of the progenitors of this hip hop style that's said to get its name from a blending of "crazy" & "drunk" crunk |
| #5973, aired 2010-07-28 | NEW TO THE OED $2000: Latin-flavored dance music blending reggae & hip-hop reggaeton |
| #5858, aired 2010-02-17 | "HIP" "HOP" $400: These tight-fitting low-rise jeans that were all the rage in the 1960s made a comeback in the '90s hiphuggers |
| #5858, aired 2010-02-17 | "HIP" "HOP" $800: It's the childhood activity seen here hopscotch |
| #5858, aired 2010-02-17 | "HIP" "HOP" $1200: Members of Congress introduce new bills by placing them inside this wooden box a hopper |
| #5858, aired 2010-02-17 | "HIP" "HOP" $1600: Everyone on the dance floor for this party favorite heard here "The Bunny Hop" |
| #5858, aired 2010-02-17 | "HIP" "HOP" $2000: Not surprisingly, his father Heraclides & his grandfather were both physicians & his mother was a midwife Hippocrates |
| #5653, aired 2009-03-18 | TOUGH POTPOURRI $2000: "The Seven" is a hip-hop musical based on Aeschylus' "Seven Against" this city Thebes |
| #5546, aired 2008-10-20 | NEW HOLLYWOOD $400: At this famed intersection, the Brown Derby was succeeded by hip-hop hot spots like Basque Hollywood & Vine |
| #5477, aired 2008-06-03 | MAGAZINES $1200: This hip-hop music magazine was founded by Quincy Jones Vibe |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | HIP-HOP & RAP $200: Yo, this notorious rapper's second posthumous No. 1 hit single was 1997's "Mo Money Mo Problems" Notorious B.I.G. |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | HIP-HOP & RAP $400: This huge hit by Jay-Z samples a song from the musical "Annie" "Hard Knock Life" |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | HIP-HOP & RAP $600: This "King of Crunk" is not to be confused with Lil' Wayne Lil Jon |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | HIP-HOP & RAP $800: A TV show on E! chronicles the "Father Hood" of this rap star Snoop Dogg |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | HIP-HOP & RAP $1000: Group that includes members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone & Wish Bone Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | MUSICAL STYLES $400: Encyclopedia Britannica calls it a "cultural movement" as well as "backing music"
sample hip-hop |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | THE STARS ARE OUT ON BROADWAY $1200: Taking time out from his hip-hop empire, this man of many names starred in "A Raisin in the Sun" in 2004 Sean Combs |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $600: In 2006 this first lady of hip-hop came out with her first children's book, "Queen of the Scene" Queen Latifah |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | HIP-HOP ON POP $400: Give us just one of the names of this hip-hop impresario, ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul Songwriter of the Year in 1996 P. Diddy |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | HIP-HOP ON POP $800: From this "M.D.": "It's like this & like that & like this & uh, it's like that & like this & like that & uh" Dr. Dre |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | HIP-HOP ON POP $1200: In 1987 this "cool" guy has his major label debut with "Rhyme Pays"; now he's all about "Law & Order" (SVU to be precise) Ice-T |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | HIP-HOP ON POP $1600: This rapper starred in "Crash" as Anthony & is singer Monica's cousin; it's not preposterous or ridiculous, it's... Ludacris |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | HIP-HOP ON POP $2000: In "Country Grammar", this "Hot In Herre" guy rapped "Playa my style's raw, I'm born to mack like Todd Shaw" Nelly |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | MC J-GIL IN DA HIZZ-OUSE (FEAT. DJ T-BEK) $1000: (Alex: Check out this gang...)
"I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don't stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie" The Sugarhill Gang |
| #5072, aired 2006-10-03 | MOM, I WANT I WANT I WANT!! $1600: Yo, Mom! I want the whole line of these hip-hop-themed dolls from Mattel Flavas |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | CITY OF THE DAY: NEW YORK $1200: Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin began this seminal hip-hop record company out of an NYU dorm room Def Jam |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTS $2000: "The Seven", a hip-hop reworking of his "Seven Against Thebes", is a "risky adventure in aesthetic cross-pollination" Aeschylus |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $2000: "Waterfalls" by this female hip-hop trio had the fans flooding into stores in July 1995 TLC |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | KIDS' DICTIONARY $800: Parents think it's a person who seats you in a theater; kids know it's this hip-hop hunk seen here Usher |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $400: discjockey101.com says this term for rap music & culture came from DJs jumping between turntables hip-hop |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | SINGERS ALSO KNOWN AS $800: This hip-hop crooner whose first hit was "Think Of You" does have a last name--it's Raymond Usher |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | THE PROM QUEEN $1200: Appropriately, the first dance for the prom queen & king was "Let's Get It Started" by this hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | SINGERS $1600: I know you can name this hip-hop hero who had the hit song "I Can" Nas |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: These 2
3-letter words form the name of a synonym for rap music hip hop |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | STAPLES CENTER $2000: J-Lo & J-Smits were hosts on the September 13, 2000 inaugural telecast of these music awards from the Staples Center the Latin Grammy Awards |
| #4416, aired 2003-11-17 | CHANGE A LETTER $800: Webster's defines it as "a subculture ... whose amusements include rap music, graffiti & break dancing" hip-hop |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | POLICE LINGO $400: A record of arrests, or the name of a hip-hop magazine Rap Sheet |
| #4172, aired 2002-10-22 | CELEBRITIES $800: Bally Total Fitness has teamed with this pop star for "Get Your Body Started" hip-hop aerobics classes Pink |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | OLD SCHOOL RAP $400: Hip-hop music grew up around 2 types of performers: the DJ & this one, as in Hammer MC |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP, HOP OR RAP $200: For a cheer, double it & stick it in front of "hurray" hip |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP-HOP & RAP $400: Nicknamed for a "Peanuts" character, he's seen here in the 2001 film "Baby Boy" Snoop Dogg |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP, HOP OR RAP $400: When you're acquitted of a crime, you've beaten it the rap |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP, HOP OR RAP $600: It's part of an alternate name for the triple jump the hop |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP-HOP & RAP $800: This huge hit by Jay-Z samples a song from the musical "Annie" "Hard Knock Life" |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP, HOP OR RAP $800: It can mean to knock, as on a door to rap |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP, HOP OR RAP $1000: In skateboarding, it's the place where 2 ramps connect at an angle hip |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP-HOP & RAP $1200: This word is spelled with a "ph" in the name of a hip-hop fashion "farm" phat |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP-HOP & RAP $1600: Group that includes members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone & Wish Bone Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | HIP-HOP & RAP $2000: Pig wrestling is featured in the video for "Ugly" by this rapper from the rural South Bubba Sparxxx |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | SAME LAST NAME $400: Joseph was the founder of the Mormon religion & Will is the Fresh Prince of hip hop Smith |
| #3921, aired 2001-09-24 | MAGAZINES $200: Style of music that's the main subject of Word Up! Magazine rap (or hip-hop) |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | RUSSELING $200: He's the hip hop mogul seen here Russell Simmons |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | HIP HOP NATION $100: Aesop could tell you this insect was hopping & singing instead of "toiling & moiling" like those workaholic ants grasshopper |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | HIP HOP NATION $200: Unlike frogs, these animals don't jump far, they make short hops & even walk toads |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | HIP HOP NATION $300: The mudskipper, seen here, climbs trees & hops on land, but it's actually one of these fish |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | HIP HOP NATION $400: Unlike the kangaroo, this close relative can be brightly colored & as small as a rabbit wallaby |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | HIP HOP NATION $500: The gerboa & the kangaroo this, seen here, share identical traits, but have very different ancestors rat |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | THE END $800: Julia Stiles passes the Juilliard tryouts with her hip hop routine Save the Last Dance |
| #3829, aired 2001-04-05 | THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT $1000: The historic items seen here were the tools of this '80s grandmaster of hip-hop Grandmaster Flash |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | WE'RE NO. 2! $500: This hip-hop duo "wrestled" "Whoomp! (There It Is)" to No. 2 Tag Team |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | THEATRE $200: The off-Broadway hit "The Bomb-itty of Errors" is a hip-hop version of this Shakespeare play "The Comedy of Errors" |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | 4-LETTER MAGAZINES $400: Mary J. Blige got personal in the Sept. 1999 issue of this hip-hop music magazine founded by Quincy Jones Vibe |
| #3522, aired 1999-12-21 | A "CY" OF RELIEF $800: This "Insane In The Brain" Latino hip-hop group was named after a street in L.A. Cypress Hill |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | "HOP" TO IT $100: This music style is influenced by rap & funk Hip hop |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | SINGERS NAME'S THE SAME $500: "Into The Sun" singer Lennon & hip hop impresario "Puff Daddy" Combs Sean |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $600: For the hip-hop duo Tag Team, it preceded "There It Is" "Whoomp!" |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | RAP $600: Originally rhythmic backing music, it now refers to all of rap culture, including dress & dance Hip-Hop |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | WORDS OF THE '80s $200: Hip hop includes rapping, bombing--or spray graffiti--& this type of street dancing breakdancing |
