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It's been 16 years, and nobody's had the heart to tell him that "alive" is a qualifier that no longer applies to one Tupac Amaru Shakur.

With all the feel-good family movies Ice Cube's been making lately, they might as well go back and paste pun-friendly clip art over his face in the old N.W.A. videos, Lucas-style.

Maybe it's just a mixtape with Cream's "Wrapping Paper" burned a couple dozen times.

Rapper Rawcus calls it like he sees it in his new video, White People Crazy.

"Get some chi..." HEY THAT'S RACIST.

It's too bad "Tyler the Mobius Strip" doesn't have a good ring to it.

All you need to make a beat is bang two sticks together. A child could do it (confidential to percussionists: we're not really serious. Please don't sue for libel). YouTube performers Wax and Herbal T took this idea to its logical conclusion and made a rap song using sounds from Herbal T's toddler son's playground session.

His voice hasn't dropped yet, but he's still dropping beats. Thirteen-year-old Chris Miles' submission tape for America's Got Talent has already impressed the denizen of the internet for his fast rapping ability, though his casual use of the word that rhymes with "tigga" raises some eyebrows.

Working it, literally.

Comedy rappers Emmanuel and Phillip Hudson do a spot-on impression of a squabbling couple.

Lil Wayne announced today that he'd be taking an indefinite hiatus from rapping to dedicate himself to a pursuit that will (hopefully) give him much less overexposure: skateboarding. Oh yeah, and that thing with the Mars landing happened, too.

The latest song from the mysteriously awkward YouTube rap star Krispy Kreme celebrates the joys of receiving fancy holiday presents like a WWE metal lunch box and a pair of new Nikes.

PARENTAL ADVISORY: Explicit content.