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{{Infobox
| judges = [[Darryl McDaniels|DMC]]<br />[[Da Brat]]<br />[[Big Boy (radio host)|Big Boy]]
| executive_producer = Giuliana Rancic▼
| first_aired = August 30, 2007▼
| last_aired = {{End date|2007|10|18}}
| num_episodes = 8
}}
'''''Celebrity Rap Superstar'''''
==Overview== The series The judges had the power in various weeks to choose one or more celebrities to be safe from voting and move forward to the following week's round. The celebrity with the lowest votes from the viewers would be eliminated from the competition. The judges panel consisted of [[Darryl McDaniels|DMC]], [[Da Brat]] and [[Big Boy (radio host)|Big Boy]]. The hosts were comic [[Kevin Hart (actor)|Kevin Hart]] and radio personality The ==Challenges==
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==Celebrities and songs performed==
*'''[[Shar Jackson]]''' - Actress whose credits include the television shows [[Moesha]] and [[The Parkers]],
**Week 1: "[[Tambourine (song)|Tambourine]]" by [[Eve (
**Week 2: "[[My Name Is]]" by [[Eminem]]
**Week 3: "No Time For Hating" by [[Shar Jackson]]
**Week 4: "[[It's Tricky]]" by [[Run-D.M.C.]] (Duet with [[Sebastian Bach]])
**Week 5: "[[Ruffneck (song)|Ruffneck]]" by [[MC Lyte]] (Duet with MC Lyte)
**Week 6: "[[Overnight Celebrity]]" by [[Twista]]
**Week 7, Song 1: "[[Get Ur Freak On]]" by [[Missy Elliott]]
**Week 7, Song 2: "[[Bust a Move (song)|Bust A Move]]" by [[Young M.C.]] (''Viewer's Choice'')
**Week 7, Song 3: "[[Let It Blow]]" by Shar Jackson
**Week 8, Song 1: "[[It Takes Two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock song)|It Takes Two]]" by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock (Duet with Kendra)
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**Week 8, Song 3: "Get Ur Freak On" by Missy Elliott
**Week 8, Song 4: "[[Good Life (Kanye West song)|Good Life]]" by [[Kanye West]]
*'''[[Kendra Wilkinson]]''' - One of the stars of [[E!]] reality series [[The Girls Next Door]] and one of [[Hugh Hefner]]'s three girlfriends [Mentor: [[Too Short]]]
**Week 1: "[[Candy (Foxy Brown song)|Candy]]" by [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] featuring [[Kelis]]
**Week 2: "[[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)|Me, Myself and I]]" by [[De La Soul]]
**Week 3: "Hold Up, Pimps Down" by [[Kendra Wilkinson]]
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**Week 8, Song 2: "What a Man" by Salt-N-Pepa (with Shar, Perez, and Countess)
**Week 8, Song 3: Blow the Whistle" by Too Short
*'''[[Sebastian Bach]]''' - Former lead singer of [[Skid Row (
▲*'''[[Sebastian Bach]]''' - Former lead singer of [[Skid Row (heavy metal band)|Skid Row]] [Mentor: [[Kurupt]]]
**Week 1: "[[Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out]]" by [[LL Cool J]]
**Week 2: "[[California Love]]" by [[Dr. Dre]] featuring [[Tupac Shakur]]
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**Week 6: "[[Bombs Over Baghdad]]" by [[Outkast]]
**Week 7: ''Eliminated by viewer votes'' But Still Performed his Viewers Choice "[[(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)|Fight for Your Right]]" by [[Beastie Boys]]
**Week 8: "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]" by [[Onyx (American band)|Onyx]]
*'''[[Perez Hilton]]''' - Celebrity gossip blogger known for his signature doodles on paparazzi photos [Mentor: [[Tone Loc]]]
**Week 1: "[[Right Thurr]]" by [[Chingy]]
**Week 2: "[[Jesus Walks (Kanye West song)|Jesus Walks]]" by [[Kanye West]]
**Week 3: "I'm The Queen" by [[Perez Hilton]]
**Week 4: "[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)|Push It]]" by [[Salt-N-Pepa]] (Duet with Kendra Wilkinson)
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**Week 6: "[[Still Not a Player]]" by [[Big Pun]] -- ''Eliminated by judges vote''
**Week 8: "What A Man" by Salt-N-Pepa (with Kendra, Shar, and Countess)
*'''[[Countess Vaughn]]''' - Star Search '88 junior vocalist champion turned actress whose credits include the television shows [[Moesha]] and [[The Parkers]] [Mentor: [[Warren G]]]
**Week 1: "[[Lip Gloss (song)|Lip Gloss]]" by [[Lil' Mama]]
**Week 2: "[[This Is Why I'm Hot]]" by [[Mims (rapper)|MIMS]]
**Week 3: "It's Just Me" by [[Countess Vaughn]]
**Week 4, Song 1: "[[Nuthin' but a "G" Thang]]" by [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] (Duet with Jason Wahler)
**Week 4, Song 2: "Can't Let You Go" by Fabulous featuring Lil' Mo
***(''Rap Battle challenge between herself and Jason Wahler; was declared the winner and advanced to next round by judge's decision'')
**Week 5 : "[[Regulate (song)|Regulate]]" By [[Warren G]] and [[Nate Dogg]]
***(''This went un-performed as a duet. [[Countess Vaughn]] got sick and was instructed by a doctor that she could not perform for 2 weeks. Additionally, she did not appear in studio for the show's airing. Due to her illness, she was eliminated. [[Warren G]] performed the song at the end.'')
**Week 8, "What A Man" by Salt-N-Pepa (with Kendra, Shar, And Perez)
*'''[[Jason Wahler]]''' - Reality TV star known for his roles in ''[[Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County]]'' and ''[[The Hills (TV series)|The Hills]]'' [Mentor: [[Bubba Sparxxx]]]
**Week 1: "[[Ridin' (Chamillionaire song)|Ridin']]" by [[Chamillionaire]]
**Week 2: "[[Going Back to Cali (LL Cool J song)|Going Back to Cali]]" by [[LL Cool J]]
**Week 3: "Baller (I'm Jason Wahler)" by [[Jason Wahler]]
**Week 4, Song 1: "[[Nuthin' but a "G" Thang]]" by [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] (Duet with Countess Vaughn)
**Week 4, Song 2: "[[Can't Let You Go]]" by [[Fabolous|Fabulous]] featuring [[Lil' Mo]]
***(''Rap Battle challenge between himself and Countess Vaughn; eliminated by judge's decision'')
**Week 8, "Shake A Tailfether" by Nelly (With Jamal Anderson, and Efren Ramirez)
*'''[[Efren Ramirez]]''' - Actor best known for his role as Pedro Sanchez in the 2004 film [[Napoleon Dynamite]] [Mentor: [[Bizarre (rapper)|Bizarre]]]
**Week 1: "[[In Da Club]]" by [[50 Cent]]
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**Week 3: "It's not EFR-ren, It's EE-fren " by [[Efren Ramirez]] -- ''Eliminated by Rap Battle''
**Week 8, "[[Shake Ya Tailfeather]]" by Nelly (with Jamal Anderson, and Jason Wahler)
*'''[[Jamal Anderson]]''' - Former [[NFL]] [[Atlanta Falcons]] Running Back [Mentor: [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]]]
**Week 1: "[[Big Things Poppin']]" by [[T.I.]]
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**Week 8, "[[Shake Ya Tailfeather]]" by Nelly (With Efren Ramirez, and Jason Wahler)
==Order of
The elimination results for the week are given during the next show. For example, The elimination results for Week 1's show was revealed during Week 2's show.
'''''To avoid confusion:''' The results revealed for that week's performance is recorded below as is.''
During week 4, the votes were tallied and each contestant was ranked. The ranking had no effect on the outcome of elimination but was used to pair the contestants off (1st with 6th, 2nd with 5th, and 3rd with 4th).
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'''Legend'''
Gender: {{
:{{Color box|Gold|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was the winner of the competition
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==Awards==
▲:{{colorbox|LightGreen}} The celebrity was safe by the viewers choice
The title sequence created by [[Framework Studio]] won a 2009 Telly Award.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/?l=F&pageNum_winners=39&totalRows_winners=1616&event=&category= | title = TELLY Awards / Winners | access-date = 2011-02-03}}</ref>
▲:{{colorbox|DodgerBlue}} The celebrity was selected safe by the judges
==References==
▲:{{colorbox|MediumPurple}} The celebrity was in the bottom 2 and voted safe by the judges
{{reflist}}
==External links==
▲:{{colorbox|Violet}} The celebrity was eliminated due to illness
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090809123905/http://www.mtv.com/shows/celebrityrapsuperstar/series.jhtml ''Celebrity Rap Superstar''] at [[MTV|MTV.com]]
▲:{{colorbox|Crimson}} The celebrity was eliminated
* {{IMDb title|1135808}}
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