After about 14 years on this earth, I had come to the conclusion that I was tired of hearing the same 10 Christmas songs every freaking year. Yuletide carols and songs about Bethlehem and snow became redundant, boring, and terribly corny to me. I needed to hear something new and something different, so with the power of curiosity and YouTube, I set out to find some Christmas music that matched the heart of the offbeat teenager I was becoming in 2010. With Christmas being my favorite holiday, I naturally paired it with my favorite genre of music: hip- hop. I came across many more Christmas- themed rap songs than I expected, but I decided to narrow them down to a list of essentials in no particular order. Hope you enjoy the list. Happy Holidays!
“Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa Claus”– De La Soul
“Let The Jingle Bells Rock”– Sweet Tee
“Christmas in Hollis” by Run-D.M.C.
“Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto”– Snoop Dogg, Bad Azz, Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, & Tray Deee
“Christmas Rappin’ “– Kurtis Blow
“Player’s Ball”– OutKast
“Christmas in Harlem”– Kanye West (feat. Big Sean, CyHi The Prince, Jim Jones, Teyana Taylor, Vado, Musiq, Pusha T, Cam’ ron, & Pusha T)
“Ludacrismas”– Ludacris
“Deck Da Club”– The Ying Yang Twins
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