10 Hip Hop Stars to Follow on Twitter This NFL Season

BET.com's guide to rap's best game-day tweeters.

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10 Hip Hop Stars to Follow on Twitter This NFL Season - One of the best things about Twitter? Talking smack with fellow football fans every Sunday. Especially when those fans happen to be outspoken rappers. With the season kicking off tonight as the New York Giants, the reigning Superbowl champs, resume their rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys, BET.com is making it easy for you to tweet with hip hop's biggest football heads. Click on to see the 10 best rappers to follow on Twitter this NFL season. — Alex Gale(Photo: Courtesy of The NFL)

Wale (@Wale) - Rappers and celebrities in general are famous for being fairweather fans (yeah, you, Weezy) who root for popular, winning teams. But not Wale. He's been one of the biggest boosters of his hometown Washington Redskins for a few years now, often going head to head with ESPN anchors to defend them. Good luck with that, Wale.  (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Heineken)

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Wale (@Wale) - Rappers and celebrities in general are famous for being fairweather fans (yeah, you, Weezy) who root for popular, winning teams. But not Wale. He's been one of the biggest boosters of his hometown Washington Redskins for a few years now, often going head to head with ESPN anchors to defend them. Good luck with that, Wale.  (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Heineken)

Slim Thug - @slimthugga: RIP Joe (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Slim Thug (@slimthugga) - After just a decade in the league, the Houston Texans don't have any Superbowl rings yet, but they do have something almost as important: a rapper endorsement! Slim Thug recruited Paul Wall, Z-Ro and Chamillionaire last year to celebrate the Texans (brief) playoff run with the song "Houston." We don't know if the Texans will be worthy of such adulation this year, but we know Thugga will at least be Tweeting about them.  (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Joe Budden @JoeBudden - Jersey's rap star keeps the ladies first on his timeline. Sweet talking his fans and posting tour updates, Joe Budden's tweets have changed from the days when he was dating Esther Baxter. Now in a new relationship with Kaylin Garcia and seemingly happy, the celeb is blazing with positivity.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) - In between tweeting pics of whichever girlriend he has now in various states of undress, Joe Budden is a go-to guy on game day for funny, insightful tweets about his hometown Giants, and sports in general.  (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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The Kid Daytona (@thekiddaytona) - BET Music Matters alum Kid Daytona is always repping for his Giants squad on Twitter any given Sunday (or Monday or Thursday, for that matter).  (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Lil Wayne (@LilTunechi) - TWEET: "Totally did not know that Rangers MGR Ron Washington was from New Orleans....!.....Go Rangers." Weezy sends some hometown love to MLB manager Ron Washington and cheers on his Texas Rangers, who ultimately suffered an epic loss in Game 6 of the World Series Thursday night [October 27]. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

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Lil Wayne (@liltunechi) - In 2011, Lil Wayne famously declared his love for the Green Bay Packers with "Green & Yellow," his take on Wiz Khalifa's Steelers anthem. This year, with the Packers once again Superbowl favorites, look for Weezy to rep for Cheeseheads on Twitter and everywhere else. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

T.I. (@tip) - T.I. recently told Stephen A. Smith that he's taking his Atlanta Falcons over the Eagles this year. He also said that the recently released Ochicino would be a good pickup for them. Hopefully Tip will take to Twitter to defend both of those (rather outlandish) statements.  (Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

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T.I. (@tip) - T.I. recently told Stephen A. Smith that he's taking his Atlanta Falcons over the Eagles this year. He also said that the recently released Ochicino would be a good pickup for them. Hopefully Tip will take to Twitter to defend both of those (rather outlandish) statements.  (Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

N.O.R.E. (@noreaga) - N.O.R.E. reps the Jets, and he's sure to have a hilarious take on the imminent Mark Sanchez/Tim Tebow fight to the death. (Photo: Bowers/Getty Images)

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N.O.R.E. (@noreaga) - N.O.R.E. reps the Jets, and he's sure to have a hilarious take on the imminent Mark Sanchez/Tim Tebow fight to the death. (Photo: Bowers/Getty Images)

Snoop Dogg (@snoopdogg) - Snoop is often seen in the Steelers' signature black and yellow, and he even jumped on a remix of Wiz Khalifa's team anthem of the same name in 2010. Maybe this year, as Snoop Lion, he can record a new, reggae-inflected team song. More fire! (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for UP2U Gum)

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Snoop Dogg (@snoopdogg) - Snoop is often seen in the Steelers' signature black and yellow, and he even jumped on a remix of Wiz Khalifa's team anthem of the same name in 2010. Maybe this year, as Snoop Lion, he can record a new, reggae-inflected team song. More fire! (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for UP2U Gum)

Ice Cube (@icecube) - The Raiders may have left his hometown back in 1995, but Ice Cube — who helped make the team's hats a go-to rap fashion item when he burst on the scene with N.W.A. in the '80s — is still a fan.  (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Ice Cube (@icecube) - The Raiders may have left his hometown back in 1995, but Ice Cube — who helped make the team's hats a go-to rap fashion item when he burst on the scene with N.W.A. in the '80s — is still a fan.  (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Bun B: March 19 - The former UGK member celebrates his 39th birthday. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Bun B (@BunBTrillOG) - Bun B, a huge Houston Texans fan, is already on Twitter taunting fans of cross-state rivals the Dallas Cowboys before their big game tonight. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)