Celebrity Rap Superstar: Difference between revisions

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| show_namecountry = CelebrityUnited Rap SuperstarStates

| countrypresenter = [[Kevin Hart (actor)|Kevin = UnitedHart]]<br/>[[Liz StatesHernandez]]

| presenterjudges = [[KevinDarryl Hart (actor)McDaniels|KevinDMC]]<br Hart/>[[Da Brat]]<br />[[LizBig Boy (radio host)|Big HernandezBoy]]

| creator executive_producer = [[Giuliana Rancic]]

| networkfirst_aired = {{Start = [[MTV]]date|2007|08|30}}

| first_aired last_aired = {{StartEnd date|2007|0810|3018}}

| last_aired num_episodes = {{End date|2007|10|18}}8

The series features eight rappers teaching eight celebrities to be able to perform rap songs, which in turn were voted on by the viewers.<ref>{{cite news | title = It's a 'Rap' as Celebs Try to Busta Rhyme | first = Cristina | last = Kinon | section department= TELEVISIONTelevision | page = 87 | newspaper = [[New York Daily News]] | date = 30 August 2007 | accessdate access-date= 4 Apr 2010 | url = http://nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/08/30/2007-08-30_celebs_try_to_busta_rhyme_on_mtvs_celebr.html}}</ref>

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 Liz Hernandez.

**Week 1: "[[Tambourine (song)|Tambourine]]" by [[Eve (rapperentertainer)|Eve]]

**Week 1: "[[Candy (Foxy Brown song)|Candy]]" by [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] featuring [[Kelis]]

**Week 8: "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]" by [[Onyx (American band)|Onyx]]

**Week 2: "[[Jesus Walks (Kanye West song)|Jesus Walks]]" by [[Kanye West]]

**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 1: "[[Nuthin' but a "G" Thang]]" by [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] (Duet with Countess Vaughn)

'''''To avoid confusion:''' The results revealed for that week's performance is recorded below as is.''

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Gender: {{colorboxColor box|PowderBlue|border=darkgray}} Male {{colorboxColor box|Pink|border=darkgray}} Female

:{{colorboxColor box|Gold|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was the winner of the competition

:{{colorboxColor box|LightGreen|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was safe by the viewers choice

:{{colorboxColor box|DodgerBlue|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was selected safe by the judges

:{{colorboxColor box|MediumPurple|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was in the bottom 2 and voted safe by the judges

:{{colorboxColor box|Violet|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was eliminated due to illness

:{{colorboxColor box|Crimson|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was eliminated

:{{colorboxColor box|Gainsboro|border=darkgray}} The celebrity was safe by default

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 | accessdateaccess-date = 2011-02-03}}</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090809123905/http://www.mtv.com/shows/celebrityrapsuperstar/series.jhtml ''Celebrity Rap Superstar''] at [[MTV|MTV.com]]

* {{imdbIMDb title|id=1135808}}

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