The Rap Battle Parodies

The Rap Battle Parodies
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Debut May 25, 2011

The Rap Battle parodies are a successful series uploaded onto YouTube by MrDeshawnRaw that revolves around Supa Hot Fire, who was an unbeatable character that claims not to be a rapper. His opponents in the series so far are B-Bone, Mute Spittah, Chunk Dirty, Tremendous Repeat, Soulja Boy, MrDeshawnRaw, and Hopsin. Supa Hot Fire is also referred to as Glasses Jacket Shirt Man throughout the series.

Series

First installments

The series began on May 25, 2011, with THE RAP BATTLE [PARODY]. The video revolves around Supa Hot Fire, a seemingly unbeatable rapper, who claims that he is not rapper, battle rapping against T-Bone (misspelled B-Bone in the video), who ends up to be another victim of Supa Hot Fire. The video has led to a creation of memes for the famous saying in the video, "Sike! That's the wrong number!"[1][2]

On August 9, 2011, THE RAP BATTLE 2 [PARODY], was uploaded. The episode featured Supa Hot Fire battle rapping Mute Spittah (portrayed by StarLifepro), a mute battle rapper.[3] The video has received over 5 million video views. On October 18, 2011, THE RAP BATTLE PT.3 [PARODY], was uploaded, featuring Supa Hot Fire and Mute Spittah joining together to battle rap the group Chunk Dirty, a fictional battle rap duo consisting of Chunk (portrayed by Ricky "IBe Shucks" Shucks) and Dirty (portrayed by Tim Chantarangsu).

Chris Rock and Soulja Boy

As the series became more popular, THE RAP BATTLE PT.4 (PARODY), uploaded on March 13, 2012, would feature comedian Chris Rock.[4][5] Rock portrays Tremendous Repeat in the video, a rapper who sports a New York Knicks fan getup and repeats most of his previous statements.[6][7][8] The video also features Greg Benson who portrays Tremendous Repeat's agent and has a brief period of "dropping Tremendous' bars." The video has received 2 million views. Later, on November 22, 2012, RAP BATTLE PART 5 was released, featuring Soulja Boy.[9] Soulja Boy hands Supa Hot Fire his first loss.

Later installments

In March 2013, MrDeshawnRaw deleted all of his YouTube videos off of his channel, which was later referenced in the sixth installment of the series.[10] On July 4, 2013, SUPA HOT FIRE VS DESHAWN RAW was released featuring Supa Hot Fire battle rapping against Deshawn Raw.[10] Supa Hot Fire takes his own loss away from his previous battle against Soulja Boy, and the battle ends in an apparent fist fight after Supa Hot Fire throws a punch.

After a near two-year hiatus, the seventh installment of the series, featuring Supa Hot Fire rap battling Hopsin, was uploaded on March 21, 2015.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Hilarious Rap Battle Parody Featuring Supa Hot Fire (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. June 17, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Very Accurate & Very Funny Rap Battle". Jumpoff.tv. June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Geoffrey Golden (November 27, 2012). "5 Parody Rap Battles ft. Supa Hot Fire". CraveOnline. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Chris Rock Battles Supa Hot Fire In "Rap Battle" Parody". The Urban Daily. March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ Alvin Aqua Blanco (March 14, 2012). "Chris Rock Battles Supa Hot Fire [VIDEO]". Hip Hop Wired. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ Nigel D. (March 14, 2012). "Rap Battle: Chris Rock Vs Supahot Fire". Real Talk New York. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ Sean Lynch (March 17, 2012). "Video: Chris Rock Vs. Supa Hot Fire". The Source. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  8. ↑ Nick Chiles (July 27, 2012). "Rap Battles Comedian Gets New Show, Produced by Chris Rock". AtlantaBlackStar. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  9. ↑ "RAP BATTLE PART 5". SODMG.com. November 22, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 SUPA HOT FIRE vs DESHAWN RAW. Deshawn Raw (YouTube). July 4, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ THE RAP BATTLE SUPA HOT FIRE vs HOPSIN. Deshawn Raw (YouTube). March 21, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.