When Hip Hop Meets Porn

Mystikal is just the latest rapper to go XXX.

When Hip Hop Meets Porn - If rap doesn't work, Mystikal is ready to take his own advice and show us what he's working with. The Nawlins vet recently told TMZ that he'd become a porn star if he doesn't succeed with his next album. He insisted that he had the proper, er, "skills" for the job. "I'm definitely the man, the myth, and the legend," he said. But hip hop and the adult movie industry have long been shaking it fast together. Click on for a rundown of rap and porn's hot and heavy history. —Alex Gale   (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

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When Hip Hop Meets Porn - If rap doesn't work, Mystikal is ready to take his own advice and show us what he's working with. The Nawlins vet recently told TMZ that he'd become a porn star if he doesn't succeed with his next album. He insisted that he had the proper, er, "skills" for the job. "I'm definitely the man, the myth, and the legend," he said. But hip hop and the adult movie industry have long been shaking it fast together. Click on for a rundown of rap and porn's hot and heavy history. —Alex Gale  (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

When Rap Meets Porn - Tyga isn't a little cub anymore. The Young Money rapper is capitalizing on his pervy hit "Rack City" by launching a porn site, Rack City XXX, and releasing and appearing in an X-rated flick of the same name.   (Photo: XXL Magazine) 

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When Rap Meets Porn - Tyga isn't a little cub anymore. The Young Money rapper is capitalizing on his pervy hit "Rack City" by launching a porn site, Rack City XXX, and releasing and appearing in an X-rated flick of the same name.  (Photo: XXL Magazine) 

Treach - Treach proved Naughty by Nature was more than just his band's name when he got down and dirty with simulated sex scenes in Treach’s Naturally Naughty Porn Movie and Sex and the Studio Vol. 1 in 2002. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for MGM Resorts International)

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Treach - Treach proved Naughty by Nature was more than just his band's name when he got down and dirty with simulated sex scenes in Treach’s Naturally Naughty Porn Movie and Sex and the Studio Vol. 1 in 2002. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for MGM Resorts International)

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Son Doobie - Son Doobie (left), of the Cypress Hills–affilliated trio Funkdoobiest, got a shout-out from none other than Eminem for turning porn star with Vivid 6: Son Doobie, Porn King (1997) and Son Doobie The Love Doctor (1999). "I seen the porno with Son Doobiest," Em rhymes on "Guilty Conscience." Needless to say, it was the height of Son's rap career.  (Photo: RCA Records)

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Son Doobie - Son Doobie (left), of the Cypress Hills–affilliated trio Funkdoobiest, got a shout-out from none other than Eminem for turning porn star with Vivid 6: Son Doobie, Porn King (1997) and Son Doobie The Love Doctor (1999). "I seen the porno with Son Doobiest," Em rhymes on "Guilty Conscience." Needless to say, it was the height of Son's rap career.  (Photo: RCA Records)

Snoop Dogg - Snoop "hosted" a foursome of pornos in the early 2000s (including Snoop Dogg’s Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp). Luckily, he let the real porn stars do all the dirty work.  (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Snoop Dogg - Snoop "hosted" a foursome of pornos in the early 2000s (including Snoop Dogg’s Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp). Luckily, he let the real porn stars do all the dirty work.  (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Jake Steed - Porn star Jake Steed appeared on "Pause 4 Porno," a skit off Dr. Dre's The Chronic 2001 album, in 2000, and also took the mic himself in his own rap-themed porn series, Freaks, H--s and Flows.  (Photo: Myspace)

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Jake Steed - Porn star Jake Steed appeared on "Pause 4 Porno," a skit off Dr. Dre's The Chronic 2001 album, in 2000, and also took the mic himself in his own rap-themed porn series, Freaks, H--s and Flows. (Photo: Myspace)

Bree Olson - Former porn star and Playboy bunny Bree Olson released a rap single, "Hollywood Douchebag," in July. (Photo: David Becker/WireImage)

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Bree Olson - Former porn star and Playboy bunny Bree Olson released a rap single, "Hollywood Douchebag," in July. (Photo: David Becker/WireImage)

Lil Jon - Lil Jon got crunk on camera, hosting and directing three porns in the past several years, including 2011's Club Lil Jon, which he now says he wants nothing to do with.    (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

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Lil Jon - Lil Jon got crunk on camera, hosting and directing three porns in the past several years, including 2011's Club Lil Jon, which he now says he wants nothing to do with.   (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

Sasha Grey - Sasha Grey, the porn superstar turned actress, appeared in videos for the Roots' "Birthday Girl" and Eminem's "Space Bound."   (Photo: Facebook)

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Sasha Grey - Sasha Grey, the porn superstar turned actress, appeared in videos for the Roots' "Birthday Girl" and Eminem's "Space Bound."  (Photo: Facebook)

DJ Yella - DJ Yella of N.W.A. fame has directed and/or performed in over 250 porno flicks.  (Photo: Myspace)

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DJ Yella - DJ Yella of N.W.A. fame has directed and/or performed in over 250 porno flicks. (Photo: Myspace)

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Brian Pumper - Porn star (and Lloyd Banks lookalike) Brian Pumper has released several rap songs and videos over the past few years.  (Photo: Facebook)

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Brian Pumper - Porn star (and Lloyd Banks lookalike) Brian Pumper has released several rap songs and videos over the past few years. (Photo: Facebook)

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Uncle Luke - 2 Live Crew videos and live shows were already borderline X-rated, so it's no surprise Uncle Luke made it official by hosting Luke’s Freakshow series starting in 1999.  (Photo: Facebook)

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Uncle Luke - 2 Live Crew videos and live shows were already borderline X-rated, so it's no surprise Uncle Luke made it official by hosting Luke’s Freakshow series starting in 1999. (Photo: Facebook)

G Unit - Back in 2004, Fif and company added porn to their growing business empire, hosting and appearing in Groupie Luv.  (Photo: G Unit Records) 

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G Unit - Back in 2004, Fif and company added porn to their growing business empire, hosting and appearing in Groupie Luv. (Photo: G Unit Records) 

Coolio - Coolio's fall from hit-making grace took a turn for the X-rated wiith 2007's Coolio & the Gang Bang, which featured him taking a "fantastic voyage" on camera. Yikes.   (Photo: Enos Solomon/FilmMagic)

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Coolio - Coolio's fall from hit-making grace took a turn for the X-rated wiith 2007's Coolio & the Gang Bang, which featured him taking a "fantastic voyage" on camera. Yikes.   (Photo: Enos Solomon/FilmMagic)