List of films with associated hip hop songs
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Number of films with associated hip hop songs by year
This is a list of films that have hip hop songs associated with them.
In order to be included, the song must have been recorded expressly for the film or the film's soundtrack.
Narrative[edit]
These songs are title songs, theme songs, or explicitly about the narrative of the film.
| Year | Film | Song | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Krush Groove | "Krush Groovin" | Run DMC, Sheila E., Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys | Potentially the first film with an associated hip hop song |
| 1987 | Disorderlies | "Baby, You're a Rich Man" | Fat Boys | Cover of "Baby, You're a Rich Man" by The Beatles |
| 1987 | Dragnet | "City of Crime" | Dan Aykroyd & Tom Hanks | Performed with Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple and Pat Thrall of the Pat Travers Band |
| 1987 | The Monster Squad | The Monster Squad | The Monster Squad | Written and Produced by Dick Rudolph and Michael Sembello |
| 1987 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | "Citizens on Patrol" | Michael Winslow | Performed with the LA Dream Team |
| 1988 | Colors | "Colors" | Ice-T | #70 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1988 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | "A Nightmare on My Street" | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Unofficial tribute |
| 1988 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | "Are You Ready for Freddy" | The Fat Boys | Features singing from Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | "On Our Own" | Bobby Brown | #1 on US Billboard R&B |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | "Ghostbusters" | Run DMC | Written by Ray Parker, Jr. |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | "Turtle Power" | Partners in Kryme | #13 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1991 | The Addams Family | "Addams Groove" | MC Hammer | #7 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1991 | Cool as Ice | "Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" | Vanilla Ice ft. Naomi Campbell | #81 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1991 | Popcorn | "Scary Scary Movies" | Ossie D and Stevie G | Lyrics by Alan Ormsby (as Tod Hackett), Paul Zaza (as Paul J. Zaza) and Yvonne Murray |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Ninja Rap | Vanilla Ice | Also performed live in-film in Vanilla Ice's film debut |
| 1992 | Deep Cover | "Deep Cover | Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg's first appearance on record |
| 1992 | Gladiator | "Gladiator" | 3rd Bass | The final appearance of 3rd Bass as a group |
| 1992 | Juice | "Juice (Know the Ledge)" | Eric B. & Rakim | |
| 1992 | Mo' Money | "Mo' Money Groove" | Mo' Money All-Stars | |
| 1992 | Trespass | "Trespass" | Ice Cube & Ice-T | |
| 1993 | Addams Family Values | "Addams Family (Whoomp!)" | Tag Team | Won Worst Original Song at the 1993 Razzie Awards |
| 1993 | Judgment Night | "Judgment Night" | Biohazard and Onyx | |
| 1993 | Menace II Society | "Streiht Up Menace" | MC Eiht | |
| 1993 | The Meteor Man | "Ain't Nobody Bad Like the Meteor Man" | Big Hat Ray Ray | |
| 1993 | Posse | "Posse (Shoot 'em Up)" | Intelligent Hoodlum | |
| 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | "Ace Is In The House" | Tone Lōc | |
| 1994 | Street Fighter | "Straight to my Feet" | MC Hammer ft. Deion Sanders | |
| 1995 | Batman Forever | "The Riddler" | Method Man | |
| 1995 | Dangerous Minds | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Coolio | #1 best selling single of 1995 on US Billboard |
| 1995 | Higher Learning | "Higher" | Ice Cube | |
| 1995 | Friday | "Friday" | Ice Cube | |
| 1995 | Tales from the Hood | "Tales from the Hood" | Domino ft. Chill | |
| 1996 | Set It Off | "Set It Off" | Organized Noize ft. Queen Latifah | |
| 1996 | Space Jam | "Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" | B-Real, Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes | |
| 1996 | Space Jam | "Space Jam" | Quad City DJ's | #37 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1997 | Def Jam's How to Be a Player | "How to Be a Playa" | Master P, Fiend, and Slikk the Shocker | |
| 1997 | Men in Black | "Men in Black" | Will Smith | #1 on US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream |
| 1997 | Scream 2 | "Scream" | Master P ft. Silkk the Shocker | |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | "Hoodlum" | Mobb Deep ft. Big Noyd and Rakim | |
| 1997 | Money Talks | "Money Talks" | Lil' Kim and Andrea Martin | |
| 1997 | Nothing to Lose | "Nothin' to Lose (Naughty Live)" | Naughty by Nature | |
| 1998 | Bulworth | "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" | Pras ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mýa | #15 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1998 | He Got Game | "He Got Game" | Public Enemy ft. Stephen Stills | |
| 1998 | I Got the Hook Up | "I Got the Hook Up" | Master P featuring Sons of Funk | |
| 1998 | The Players Club | We Be Clubbin' | Ice Cube | Later remixed for the NBA with Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jackson |
| 1999 | Deep Blue Sea | "Deepest Bluest" | LL Cool J | |
| 1999 | Foolish | "Foolish" | Master P, Magic, and Mo B. Dick | |
| 1999 | Light It Up | "Light It Up" | Master P & No Limit Records | |
| 1999 | In Too Deep | "In Too Deep" | Nas and Nature | |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | "Wild Wild West" | Will Smith | #33 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 2000 | Held Up | "Held Up" | Mo Thugs Family and Layzie Bone | |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | "Do U Wanna Roll" (Dolittle Theme)" | RL, Lil' Kim, and Snoop Dogg | |
| 2001 | Hardball | "Hardball" | Lil' Bow Wow, Lil Wayne, Lil' Zane, and Sammie | |
| 2001 | How High | "How High Part II" | Method Man & Redman | |
| 2001 | Pootie Tang | Dirty Dee | Magic and Master P | |
| 2001 | The Wash | "The Wash" | Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg | |
| 2001 | Baby Boy | "Just a Baby Boy" | Snoop Dogg ft. Tyrese & Mr. Tan | |
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | "Brown Sugar (Extra Sweet)" | Mos Def ft. Faith Evans | |
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | "Brown Sugar (Raw)" | Black Star | |
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | "Brown Sugar (Fine)" | Mos Def | |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" | Will Smith ft. Trā-Knox | |
| 2002 | Scooby Doo | "Shaggy, Where Are You?" | Shaggy | Cover of "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz | "Biker Boyz" | Slick Boyz & Mr. Murder | |
| 2003 | Malibu's Most Wanted | "Most Wanted in Malibu" | Baby Jaymes and Jamie Kennedy | |
| 2004 | Soul Plane | "Soul Plane" | Snoop Dogg ft. La Tolya Williams | |
| 2005 | Hustle & Flow | "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" | Three 6 Mafia | Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 78th Academy Awards |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog | "Big Dog" | Akon | |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | "Back in Time" | Pitbull | |
| 2013 | Django Unchained | "100 Black Coffins" | Rick Ross | |
| 2016 | Phantasm V: Ravager | "Reggie Rap" | Elvis Brown | |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | "Purple Lamborghini" | Rick Ross | |
| 2018 | Venom | "Venom" | Eminem | |
| 2018 | Venom | "Let's Go(The Royal We)" | Run the Jewels |
Soundtrack[edit]
These songs are on the film's soundtrack but aren't about the narrative of the film and aren't theme songs or titular. The song must have been published on a record chart to make this list.
| Year | Film | Song | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | House Party 2 | "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" | Kid 'n Play | #51 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1991 | Nothing But Trouble | "Same Song" | Digital Underground ft. 2Pac | |
| 1994 | Above the Rim | "Regulate" | Warren G ft. Nate Dogg | #2 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1994 | Street Fighter | "Something Kinda Funky" | Rally Ral | |
| 1995 | Friday | "Keep Their Heads Ringin" | Dr. Dre | |
| 1999 | Office Space | "Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee" | Canibus and Biz Markie | |
| 2001 | The Wash | "Bad Intentions" | Dr. Dre ft. Knoc-turn'al | |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem | Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 75th Academy Awards |
| 2002 | Like Mike | "Basketball" | Lil' Bow Wow ft. Fundisha, Jermaine Dupri, and Fabolous | Cover of a Kurtis Blow song |
| 2002 | Like Mike | "Take Ya Home" | Lil' Bow Wow | |
| 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | "Act a Fool" | Ludacris | #32 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
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