O.J. Simpson has been some of the polarizing figures in popular culture, however rappers have endured to turn him love over time in numerous tactics. His sports activities occupation and private existence, specifically the notorious homicide case (formally indexed because the Folks of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson) involving his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ronald Goldman have all been well-documented. On April 10, O.J. Simpson died on the age of 76 after a combat with most cancers.
In 2016, there have been two particular televised systems that profiled O.J. Simpson in new and inventive tactics. FX premiered The Folks v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Tale, a miniseries that detailed the case that rocked the arena in 1994. He was once acquitted after an 11-month trial. That very same yr, ESPN premiered O.J.: Made in The usa, a five-part, eight-hour documentary inquisitive about Simpson’s complete existence up till his imprisonment for robbing Bruce Fromong, a sports activities memorabilia broker, in Las Vegas in 2007. For that crime, Simpson was once sentenced to 33 years in jail in 2008. He served 9 years and was once launched on parole in 2017. 4 years later, he was once granted early discharge from parole, leaving his felony problems at the back of him.
In terms of hip-hop, O.J. Simpson, who was once as soon as an NFL participant with the Buffalo Expenses, has been attached to the tradition throughout the many rappers that name-drop him in addition to the trial of their rhymes. Let’s additionally now not overlook the rap track “Get Juiced,” O.J. made after he was once sentenced to 33 years in jail. Jay-Z famously discussed the Corridor of Famer at the 2017 monitor “The Tale of O.J.”: “O.J. like, ‘I am not black, I am O.J.’ …OK”
In 2023, O.J. addressed Hov’s lyrics, and published the MC misquoted him. “Smartly, to start with, [Jay-Z] didn’t say it proper,” O.J. mentioned. “When Johnnie [Cochran] was once chatting with me about it, and all that was once happening was once ‘Black, Black, Black,’ I mentioned, ‘Guy, f**ok being Black. That is me. That is about O.J.,’ ?”
Here is a glance again at some extra rappers together with Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Long term and Tyler, The Author, amongst others, that name-dropped O.J. Simpson in their lyrics over time.
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“Herbal Born Killaz”
Dr. Dre That includes Ice Dice
“I am down with Dre like A.C. is down with O.J.”—Ice Dice
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“Image Me Rollin”
Tupac Shakur
“Loose like O.J. all day”
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“The Hop”
A Tribe Referred to as Quest
“Now that I were given that out my device/Watch me stab up the monitor as though my call was once O.J. Simpson”—Phife Dawg
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“O.J.”
50 Cent That includes Kidd Kidd
“Placed on my O.J. gloves and watch me kill this s**t/Beat the case then come house and return from performing some other s**t/I am pullin’ off a O.J., off, off a O.J./I am pullin’ off a O.J., I am killin’ those b***hes”—50 Cent
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“Juice”
DJ Esco That includes Long term
“It is private, loose ’em now/Homicide trials, O.J. Simpson/White on White, O.J. Simpson/Double homicide, O.J. Simpson”—Long term
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“Cross DJ Freestyle”
Kendrick Lamar
“A baller slash killer like O.J. Simpson”
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“OJ”
Jeezy That includes Fabolous and Jadakiss
“Kinda laborious if you find yourself dozing on Dolce/Get up drinkin’ Rosé/Killin’ that White b***h, O.J.”—Jeezy
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“Luper”
Earl Sweatshirt
“Mounted a plate of eggs and bacon, glass of O.J. Simpson”
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“Those Are Our Heroes”
Nas
“From O.J. to Kobe, uh let’s name him Tobe/First he performed his existence cool identical to Michael”
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“O.J. Simpson”
Responsible Simpson
“O.J. Simpson pimpin’, I am like Pippen/I left the Bull s**t to rock it”
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“Pronto”
Freddie Gibbs
“Did it at the most sensible flo’ with a gentle blonde h*, yeah/Yeah, I hit it and overlook it, bloody homicide/O.J. within the white Bronco, yeah”
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“I Shoulda Gained a Grammy”
RiFF RAFF and Motion Bronson
“O.J. Simpson, I am the pinnacle honcho/May’ve performed for Toronto, however they discovered a lifeless frame at the back of my Bronco”
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“Marvin’s Room (Remix)”
Lil Wayne
“I O.J. Simpson-ed that p***y”
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“Cuffin”
Cam’ron and Vado That includes Gucci Mane
“Like O.J. Simpson, I simply wanna stab her/Like OJ da Juiceman, I am flyer than a sparrow”—Gucci Mane
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“Virginia”
Clipse
“See, masses my companions feelin’ like O.J.”
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“More potent”
Kanye West
“Since O.J. had Isotoners”
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“Blow”
Tyler, The Author
“Were given stretch marks like she were given 4 youngsters/Her legs can not shut just like the four-door hinge Bronco/That O. J. killed the White w***es with”
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“Gods, Earths and 85ers”
Deficient Righteous Academics
“Like O.J. Simpson be dozing with the enemy”
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“Hood Mentality”
Ice Dice
“I wanna be like Barry Bonds, I wanna be like O.J. Simpson”
