Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme
| Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | Ego Trip |
| Starring | MC Serch, Yo-Yo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Gabriel Alvarez |
| Producer | TBA |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Production companies | 10 by 10 Entertainment Ego Trip Ethnic Inc. VH1 Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | VH1 |
| Release | April 14 – June 9, 2008 |
| Related | |
Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme is an American reality television series that aired on VH1. It is a follow-up to 2007's Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show. In Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme, contestants compete to win the title of next great female MC.
The show is hosted by MC Serch and female MC Yo-Yo.[1] It premiered on VH1 in April 2008.[2]
Contestants
[edit]
| Name | Age | Eliminated | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rece Steele | 25 | N/A | Winner |
| Byata | 26 | Episode 8, Part 2 | 2nd |
| Miss Cherry | 24 | Episode 8, Part 1 | 3rd |
| Chiba | 27 | Episode 7 | 4th |
| Nicky2States | 28 | Episode 6 | 5th |
| Bree | 23 | Episode 5 | 6th |
| Lady Twist | 22 | Episode 4 | 7th |
| Lionezz* | 27 | Episode 3 | 8th |
| D.A.B. | 23 | Episode 2 | 9th |
| Khia | 30[3] | Episode 2 (DQ) | 10th |
- Notes
- *Lionezz was eliminated on Episode 1, but brought back in Episode 2 after Khia was disqualified.
Call-out order
[edit]| Placing | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | Ms. Cherry | Chiba | Byata | Nicky2States | Rece Steele | Nicky2States | Byata | Ms. Cherry | Rece Steele | Rece Steele | |
| 2 | Byata | Bree | Bree | Rece Steele | Nicky2States | Byata | Ms. Cherry | Rece Steele | Byata | Byata | |
| 3 | Nicky2States | D.A.B. | Rece Steele | Lady Twist | Byata | Rece Steele | Chiba | Byata | Ms. Cherry | ||
| 4 | D.A.B. | Lady Twist | Chiba | Chiba | Ms. Cherry | Chiba | Rece Steele | Chiba | |||
| 5 | Lady Twist | Ms. Cherry | Lionezz | Byata | Bree | Ms. Cherry | Nicky2States | ||||
| 6 | Lionezz | Nicky2States | Lady Twist | Ms. Cherry | Chiba | Bree | |||||
| 7 | Rece Steele | Rece Steele | Nicky2States | Bree | Lady Twist | ||||||
| 8 | Bree | Byata | Ms. Cherry | Lionezz | |||||||
| 9 | Khia | Khia | D.A.B. | ||||||||
| 10 | Chiba | Lionezz | Khia | ||||||||
- The contestant was named Miss Rap Supreme.
- The winning contestant(s) on that week's challenge, making them safe from elimination
- The contestant was named "Miss..." for the week (team MVP)
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was eliminated and later brought back into the competition
- The contestant won the challenge but was eliminated
- The contestant was disqualified.
- The "Miss..." awards
- Week 1: "Miss Representation"
- Week 2: "Miss Thang"
- Week 3: "Miss Maneater"
- Week 4: "Miss Lady of the Stage"
- Week 5: "Miss Video Venus"
- Week 6: "Miss Popularity"
- Week 7: "Miss Con-G-nality"
- Week 8: "Miss Rap Supreme"
- Episode Notes
- Khia was disqualified at the beginning of Episode 2 due to her use of a pre-written song ("Respect Me") for her 16-bar song. Lionezz was brought back as a result.
- In episode 7, Chiba admitted to Byata And Rece Steele that she uses pre-written songs in the competition, but stays original when told to do so. This caused even more tension with the girls. All the girls became suspicious of Chiba when everyone stumbled on their raps, but Chiba did not.
- Although Chiba won the challenge, she was eliminated in episode 7 after being in the bottom two with Byata.
Celebrity guests
[edit]- Ghostface Killah
- Too Short
- John Singleton
- Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
- Just Blaze
- WC
- Roxanne Shante
- will.i.am
- Missy Elliott
- Charli Baltimore
Reception
[edit]In a mixed review, Common Sense Media's Melissa Camacho gave the series two stars, calling it "an iffy viewing choice for tweens" though she liked that it gave "mature teens a chance to learn more about the rap and hip-hop culture".[4] Anastasia Kotsosavas of the Philadelphia Weekly called Miss Rap Supreme "equally cheesetastic" to its predecessor The (White) Rapper Show. She said she anticipated a mix of Flavor of Love and American Idol but found a rap version of Paradise Hotel.[5]
The Detroit News television critic Adam Graham thought that people who liked White Rapper's "playful take on hip-hop culture" would like Miss Rap Supreme's scenes. He cited how the competitors in the debut episode were given the task of rapping for some "sisters" who turned out to be nuns and sorority sisters.[6] Malcolm X. Abram of the Akron Beacon Journal thought that although the hosts MC Serch and Yo-Yo genuinely hoped to identify a skilled woman rapper, the contestant Khia had a "bad attitude and lack of talent".[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mitchell, Gail (March 18, 2008). "Yo-Yo Battles Back With 'Rap Supreme'". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
- ^ Kimberly Nordyke. "VH1's novela idea for series". TheHollywoodReporter. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
- ^ Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme. "Miss Rap Supreme's contestants". VH1. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
- ^ Camacho, Melissa (September 19, 2019). "Parents' Guide to ego trip's Miss Rap Supreme". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
- ^ Kotsosavas, Anastasia (April 30, 2008). "TV". Philadelphia Weekly. p. 43. ProQuest 369043439.
- ^ Graham, Adam (April 16, 2008). "VH1 reality show seeks next great female rapper". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Abram, Malcolm X. (April 24, 2008). "One show is a go, but another is gone". Akron Beacon Journal. Archived from the original on January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.