When Rap and Game Shows Meet

Tyga is just the latest contestant. Game on!

When Rap and Game Shows Meet - C'mon down, Tyga. You're the next contestant on ... Bustas? That's the name of the unaired MTV game show that Tyga appeared on back in 2008. Thanks to the digging of TMZ, you can see the unaired episode here. It features the Young Money MC freestyling poorly, saying he's from the burbs and had it easy growing up and all around acting kinda corny. But luckily for Tyga, this isn't the first time game shows and hip hop have crossed paths. Read on to check out some other notable examples. Game on!  — Alex Gale (Photo: TMZ)

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When Rap and Game Shows Meet - C'mon down, Tyga. You're the next contestant on ... Bustas? That's the name of the unaired MTV game show that Tyga appeared on back in 2008. Thanks to the digging of TMZ, you can see the unaired episode here. It features the Young Money MC freestyling poorly, saying he's from the burbs and had it easy growing up and all around acting kinda corny. But luckily for Tyga, this isn't the first time game shows and hip hop have crossed paths. Read on to check out some other notable examples. Game on!  — Alex Gale (Photo: TMZ)

Game on Change of Heart - Perhaps the most infamous intersection of rap and game shows came in 2006, when TMZ dug up a 2000 episode of dating show Change of Heart, featuring a young, then-unknown Game being totally humiliated by his girlfriend at the time. "All he do is smother me or cry like a baby," she told the studio audience. "That's all he does."   (Photo: Syndicated Productions)

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Game on Change of Heart - Perhaps the most infamous intersection of rap and game shows came in 2006, when TMZ dug up a 2000 episode of dating show Change of Heart, featuring a young, then-unknown Game being totally humiliated by his girlfriend at the time. "All he do is smother me or cry like a baby," she told the studio audience. "That's all he does." (Photo: Syndicated Productions)

The Gang's All Here\r - Up front, Method Man, Biz Markie, Chidera 'Chiddy' Anamege, and standing, comedian Damien Lemon, Noah 'Xaphoon Jones' Beresin, DJ Khaled, Vinny Guadagnino of Jersey Shore, Fat Joe, Peter Rosenberg, Amber Rose, Lil Duval and Lamarr Woodley appear at the set of the new MTV2 game show Hip Hop Squares at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. \r\r(Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

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Hip Hop Squares - Earlier this year, MTV unveiled Hip Hop Squares, a rap adaptation of the classic game show Hollywood Squares. It's hosted by Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg and features a rotating all-star hip hop cast that includes Mac Miller, Amber Rose and Fat Joe.  (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

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Snoop Dogg on The Price Is Right  - Snoop Dogg "came on down" and co-hosted a hilarious episode of  The Price Is Right with Drew Carey in January.  (Photo: Courtesy CBS)

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De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising - De La's groundbreaking 1989 debut was interspersed with quirky skits from an imaginary quiz show that included questions like "How many times did the Batmobile catch a flat?" and "How many feathers are on a Purdue chicken?" (Photo: Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records)

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Master P and Romeo on Halloween Squares - In the early 2000s, No Limit general and his rapping/acting son Romeo appeared with a dreadlock-wig-wearing Ellen Degeneres on a Halloween-themed episode of Hollywood Squares. Make 'em say "boo!"  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NAACP)

Ice Cube on Chris Moyles's Quiz Night - Ice Cube brought the strength of street knowledge to a 2011 episode of British game show Chris Moyles's Quiz Night.  (Photo: BBC/Channel 4)

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Ice Cube on Chris Moyles's Quiz Night - Ice Cube brought the strength of street knowledge to a 2011 episode of British game show Chris Moyles's Quiz Night. (Photo: BBC/Channel 4)

Dr. Dre's The Chronic: Where Are They Now? - The Chronic was a turning point. One of the best and most influential albums ever made, it changed music forever when it dropped 20 years ago on Dec. 15, 1992, introducing G-funk, shattering sales records and birthing several new stars — Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and of course, Dr. Dre himself. And although Dre's face adorns the classic cover, it was truly a group effort, with a rotating crew of guest rappers, ghost-writers and co-producers giving their all. Many of them went on to have their own amazing careers; others weren't so lucky. Here, two decades later, we catch up with the team of heavy hitters that made The Chronic a classic. —Alex Gale   (Photo: Death Row Records)

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Dr. Dre, "The $20 Sack Pyramid" - Dr. Dre's classic solo debut, The Chronic, featured a hilarious gangsta-rap parody on The $50,000 Pyramid, with a host named OG Henny Lo and the best grand prizes ever: the titular bag of weed and a $35 gift certifiate to the Compton swap meet. (Photo: Death Row Records) 

Rappers Take Over The Weakest Link - Reverend Run, DJ Quik, Nate Dogg, B-Real, Da Brat, Xzibit, Young MC and Jermaine Dupri threw down on a hip hop-themed episode of quiz show The Weakest Link. Best exchange: "Young MC, isn't that name out of date?" "No more than that dress, ma'am."  (Photo: NBC)

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Rappers Take Over The Weakest Link - Reverend Run, DJ Quik, Nate Dogg, B-Real, Da Brat, Xzibit, Young MC and Jermaine Dupri threw down on a hip hop-themed episode of quiz show The Weakest Link. Best exchange: "Young MC, isn't that name out of date?" "No more than that dress, ma'am." (Photo: NBC)

50 Cent's Blackjack - In April, 50 Cent anted up by collaborating with the Game Show Network for a Facebook game called 50 Cent's Blackjack.   (Photo: Courtesy GSNDigital) 

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50 Cent's Blackjack - In April, 50 Cent anted up by collaborating with the Game Show Network for a Facebook game called 50 Cent's Blackjack. (Photo: Courtesy GSNDigital) 

RHOH Appears on RyanSeacrest.com - RyanSeacrest.com did a voting competition for best reality TV series. Somehow RHOH made it to the list and was in the finals. That's right, the fakest reality show ever was in a voting competition with actual reality shows and almost won.   (Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)

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Ryan Seacrest Bosses Up - Ryan Seacrest is producing a new hip hop game show, titled Rhyme, Rap or Reason, set to launch in January. (Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)