Rappers Who Dropped Bows Like Dusty Rhodes in Their Rhymes

R.I.P. to "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes

R.I.P. Dusty Rhodes - Wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes passed away today at the age of 69. His enormous personality actually had an impact on some of your favorite MCs. Many grew up watching the WWE Hall of Famer and three-time NWA Champion who was known for delivering moves like the “bionic elbow.” As we pay our respects to Big Dust, check out a few times “The American Dream” has been referenced in hip hop tracks. –Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA) (Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella, George Napolitano/Retna Ltd./Corbis, Jakubaszek/Redferns via Getty Images)

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R.I.P. Dusty Rhodes - Wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes passed away today at the age of 69. His enormous personality actually had an impact on some of your favorite MCs. Many grew up watching the WWE Hall of Famer and three-time NWA Champion who was known for delivering moves like the “bionic elbow.” As we pay our respects to Big Dust, check out a few times “The American Dream” has been referenced in hip hop tracks. –Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA) (Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella, George Napolitano/Retna Ltd./Corbis, Jakubaszek/Redferns via Getty Images)

Action Bronson – 'Drug S**t' - Action Bronson knows a thing or two about Big Dust and dropped some heavyweight rhymes with “Drug S**t” when he kicked a few bionic bars like, “With the village leader, smoking a pipe with seven wise men / I eat the biggest piece of chicken at the table / Let 'em know I'm hungry, Polo on the Rugby / The .44 long, surely got a trusty hove / Tryna live the American dream, Dusty Rhodes, yeah.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Action Bronson – 'Drug S**t' - Action Bronson knows a thing or two about Big Dust and dropped some heavyweight rhymes with “Drug S**t” when he kicked a few bionic bars like, “With the village leader, smoking a pipe with seven wise men / I eat the biggest piece of chicken at the table / Let 'em know I'm hungry, Polo on the Rugby / The .44 long, surely got a trusty hove / Tryna live the American dream, Dusty Rhodes, yeah.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

LL Cool J Featuring DMX, Method Man and Redman – 'Fuhgidabowdit' - The Queens MC ran down his childhood pastime on “Fuhgidabowdit” and let MCs know he was crushing all challengers from any school when he touched the mic. The lyrical champion slammed a few bars with, “Cuz honey had my n****s like two red beets / I'm bananas, out of my f*****g mind, they won't let me back in / 'Cuz I was down before the hype like Dusty Rhodes and Bob Backlund / Bruno Samartino, Stan Staziak / Now The Rock and Stone Cold are my favorite maniacs / The top rooster plucking chickens when I'm clucking / WWF stands for when and where we f*****g.”(Photo: Rob Carr/Getty Images)

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LL Cool J Featuring DMX, Method Man and Redman – 'Fuhgidabowdit' - The Queens MC ran down his childhood pastime on “Fuhgidabowdit” and let MCs know he was crushing all challengers from any school when he touched the mic. The lyrical champion slammed a few bars with, “Cuz honey had my n****s like two red beets / I'm bananas, out of my f*****g mind, they won't let me back in / 'Cuz I was down before the hype like Dusty Rhodes and Bob Backlund / Bruno Samartino, Stan Staziak / Now The Rock and Stone Cold are my favorite maniacs / The top rooster plucking chickens when I'm clucking / WWF stands for when and where we f*****g.”(Photo: Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Lil Wayne – 'Tha Carter IV Intro' - Weezy kicked off Tha Carter IV flying off the ropes when he professed, “I’m bout to slam the beat, n***a Dusty Rhodes / I’m from eagle street, I go Hercules / I get on the beat, murder first degree.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BET)

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Lil Wayne – 'Tha Carter IV Intro' - Weezy kicked off Tha Carter IV flying off the ropes when he professed, “I’m bout to slam the beat, n***a Dusty Rhodes / I’m from eagle street, I go Hercules / I get on the beat, murder first degree.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BET)

Wu-Tang Clan – 'One Blood Under W' - Just like Dusty, the Wu was nuthing to F’ wit and Masta Killa came hard like “The American Dream” as he spit, “F**k that, we waste no time in search of those who can't breathe / A bomb only has one time to explode / When I break I'm taking everything / Turn the city streets to Dusty Rhodes.”(Photo: Britta Pedersen DPA /LANDOV)

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Wu-Tang Clan – 'One Blood Under W' - Just like Dusty, the Wu was nuthing to F’ wit and Masta Killa came hard like “The American Dream” as he spit, “F**k that, we waste no time in search of those who can't breathe / A bomb only has one time to explode / When I break I'm taking everything / Turn the city streets to Dusty Rhodes.”(Photo: Britta Pedersen DPA /LANDOV)

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Smoke DZA Featuring Flatbush Zombies – 'Bamma Weed' - Zombie Juice of The Flatbush Zombies suplexed Smoke DZA’s “Bamma Weed” and let you know that he only smokes high grade when he explained, “I got a sack of dour and that wax is hitting proper / Dusty Rhodes, elbows dropper, only smoke them if they proper.”(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for SXSW)

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Smoke DZA Featuring Flatbush Zombies – 'Bamma Weed' - Zombie Juice of The Flatbush Zombies suplexed Smoke DZA’s “Bamma Weed” and let you know that he only smokes high grade when he explained, “I got a sack of dour and that wax is hitting proper / Dusty Rhodes, elbows dropper, only smoke them if they proper.”(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for SXSW)

Shawty Lo Featurring Gucci Mane and Rocko – 'MVP' - Rocko dropped a few slams on Shawty Lo’s “MVP” and went for the pin when he rapped, “Cut your b***h check the wrist, make her drop her head / Get that Ric Flair, better yet Dusty Rhodes, started on a dusty road / They tried to talk that talk bout me, but it's OK / B***h we're the hottest in the street, that what the street say.”(Photo: Rick Diamond/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Shawty Lo Featurring Gucci Mane and Rocko – 'MVP' - Rocko dropped a few slams on Shawty Lo’s “MVP” and went for the pin when he rapped, “Cut your b***h check the wrist, make her drop her head / Get that Ric Flair, better yet Dusty Rhodes, started on a dusty road / They tried to talk that talk bout me, but it's OK / B***h we're the hottest in the street, that what the street say.”(Photo: Rick Diamond/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Disturbing Tha Peace (Ludacris, Shareefa, Lil' Fate, Playaz Circle, NorfClk, Field Mob & I-20) – 'Family Affair' - 2 Chainz used Dusty’s famous move when he spazzed out on Luda’s “Family Affair,” where he laid down his pedigree with, “Buncha flows, buncha dough, me and a buncha h**s / Drop some elbows on to ya, call 'em Dusty Rhodes.” (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Disturbing Tha Peace (Ludacris, Shareefa, Lil' Fate, Playaz Circle, NorfClk, Field Mob & I-20) – 'Family Affair' - 2 Chainz used Dusty’s famous move when he spazzed out on Luda’s “Family Affair,” where he laid down his pedigree with, “Buncha flows, buncha dough, me and a buncha h**s / Drop some elbows on to ya, call 'em Dusty Rhodes.” (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

OutKast – 'Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik'  - Dusty Rhodes and his wrestling cohorts were a mainstay in Atlanta during the '80s and left an impression on a young OutKast. Andre 3000 paid homage to “The American Dream” on “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik” where he spit, “Time to drop these 'bows like Dusty Rhodes / Then I yell "Ho!" / We knocking em off they feet like a Southern hustler supposed to do…” (Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

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OutKast – 'Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik'  - Dusty Rhodes and his wrestling cohorts were a mainstay in Atlanta during the '80s and left an impression on a young OutKast. Andre 3000 paid homage to “The American Dream” on “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik” where he spit, “Time to drop these 'bows like Dusty Rhodes / Then I yell "Ho!" / We knocking em off they feet like a Southern hustler supposed to do…” (Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)