O.J. Simpson has been some of the polarizing figures in popular culture, however rappers have continued to indicate him love through the years in several methods. His sports activities profession and private life, particularly the notorious homicide case (formally listed because the Individuals 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 battle with most cancers.
In 2016, there have been two particular televised packages that profiled O.J. Simpson in new and inventive methods. FX premiered The Individuals v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, a miniseries that detailed the case that rocked the world in 1994. He was acquitted after an 11-month trial. That very same 12 months, ESPN premiered O.J.: Made in America, a five-part, eight-hour documentary centered on Simpson’s whole life up till his imprisonment for robbing Bruce Fromong, a sports activities memorabilia seller, in Las Vegas in 2007. For that crime, Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in jail in 2008. He served 9 years and was launched on parole in 2017. 4 years later, he was granted early discharge from parole, leaving his authorized points behind him.
In the case of hip-hop, O.J. Simpson, who was as soon as an NFL participant with the Buffalo Payments, has been related to the tradition by means of the various rappers that name-drop him in addition to the trial of their rhymes. Let’s additionally not overlook the rap music “Get Juiced,” O.J. made after he was sentenced to 33 years in jail. Jay-Z famously talked about the Corridor of Famer on the 2017 observe “The Story of O.J.”: “O.J. like, ‘I am not black, I am O.J.’ …OK”
In 2023, O.J. addressed Hov’s lyrics, and revealed the MC misquoted him. “Nicely, to start with, [Jay-Z] didn’t say it proper,” O.J. stated. “When Johnnie [Cochran] was speaking to me about it, and all that was occurring was ‘Black, Black, Black,’ I stated, ‘Man, f**okay being Black. That is me. That is about O.J.,’ you already know?”
This is a glance again at some extra rappers together with Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Future and Tyler, The Creator, amongst others, that name-dropped O.J. Simpson in their lyrics through the years.
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“The Story of O.J.”
Jay-Z
“O.J. like, ‘I am not black, I am O.J.’ …OK”
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“Pure 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
“Free like O.J. all day”
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“The Hop”
A Tribe Referred to as Quest
“Now that I received that out my system/Watch me stab up the observe as if my title was 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 doing a little totally different s**t/I am pullin’ off a O.J., off, off a O.J./I am pullin’ off a O.J., I am killin’ these b***hes”—50 Cent
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“Juice”
DJ Esco That includes Future
“It is private, free ’em now/Homicide trials, O.J. Simpson/White on White, O.J. Simpson/Double homicide, O.J. Simpson”—Future
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“Go DJ Freestyle”
Kendrick Lamar
“A baller slash killer like O.J. Simpson”
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“OJ”
Jeezy That includes Fabolous and Jadakiss
“Kinda onerous once you’re sleeping 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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“These Are Our Heroes”
Nas
“From O.J. to Kobe, uh let’s name him Tobe/First he performed his life cool similar 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 on the highest flo’ with a light-weight 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 Received a Grammy”
RiFF RAFF and Motion Bronson
“O.J. Simpson, I am the pinnacle honcho/Might’ve performed for Toronto, however they discovered a useless physique behind 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, lots my companions feelin’ like O.J.”
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“Stronger”
Kanye West
“Since O.J. had Isotoners”
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“Blow”
Tyler, The Creator
“Obtained stretch marks like she received 4 youngsters/Her legs cannot 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”
Poor Righteous Lecturers
“Like O.J. Simpson be sleeping with the enemy”
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“Hood Mentality”
Ice Dice
“I wanna be like Barry Bonds, I wanna be like O.J. Simpson”
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