In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, HipHopDX carries on a tradition with our 8th annual Turkey Awards. As Eddie Murphy’s cell-mate in Trading Places once proclaimed, “it ain’t cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving.” Quite a few of our favorite rappers (and some of our favorite to laugh at) did not get that memo this year. 2012 has seen superstars get into scratch-fights, rappers left at the altar, more false promises of retirement and an an overload of Twitter fuckery. We’ll honor the music next month with our Year-End Awards, but today we celebrate the turkeys.
1. The Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Award – Lupe Fiasco
He is currently in a hammock sharing Reese’s Pieces with a man he thinks is an alien.
2. The Clubber Lang Award – DMX & his threats of beating up Drake in an elevator.
However the odds that Drake and DMX would ever be in the same building…
3. The Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me, Maybe” Award – Jay-Z & Robert De Niro
“When Bobby chirp, Jigga, chirp back.”
4. The “We’ll Be Embarrassed To Tell Our Kids We Cared” Award – The Tupac Hologram.
Virtual Reality for stoned concert goers who only know 3 Tupac songs anyway.
5. The EPMD Award – Mobb Deep
Reunion likely coming to a digital record label sometime long after we all stopped giving a fuck.
6. The Requiem For A Dream Award – Gunplay
His 2012 has officially gone “ass-to-ass.” Snort.
7. The Latarian Milton Scholarship – Chief Keef
Who just “likes doin’ hoodrat stuff with his friends.”
8. The “Tyrone Biggums Mugshot” Award – SpaceGhostPurrp
Help me, Rhonda.
9. Most one sided conversation Award – Nas & The Social Network
Nas won’t be working with The Bravehearts at Geek Squad anytime soon.
10. The “And I know a thing or two about trash albums” Award – Shyne
Godfather’s Career Buried Alive.
11. The Deebo Got Knocked The Fuck Out Award – 40 Glocc.
Tyga will be by shortly for his chain, escorted by DJ Pooh in a Ford Escort.
12. The Take Back The Night Award – 50 Cent & Floyd Mayweather
Who use Twitter the same way most 13 year olds do.
13. The “Stay Away From Reality TV” Award – Kanye West
His appearance on Keeping Up With The Kardashians is proof that the only cameras he should stand in front of are for PSA’s for Hurricane Katrina.
14. The “I Raided Fran Drescher’s Closet” Award – French Montana
We guess that makes Diddy Mr. Sheffield?
15. The “You Should’ve Never Gave These Hipsters Money” Award – Rap Genius
The year hangin’ out with rappers became uncool.
16. The “Get lost and go find yaself on NCIS” Award – LL Cool J’s Rapping
When G.O.A.T.’s go “Ratchet.”
17. The “Third Time’s a Charm!” Award – This Newscaster
18. The “A Perfect Christmas Gift For Mom And Dad!” Award – Jay-Z & Coldplay’s New Years Show
19. The Baggin On Moms Award – That dumb show with Jim Jones’ muva.
LOLz
20. The Bang Bus Ride-Along Award – Tyga’s RackCityXXX.com
Which will inevitably have more subsribers than people who bought Careless World: Rise Of The Last King.
21. The Ja Rule “Fake It Till You Make It” Award – Drake’s Aaliyah Tattoo
Best you never woulda had.
22. The “Rap Game Toonces the Cat” Award – Lil B’s cat Keke
Now you can drive Lil B’s rapping off of a cliff. The tabby is officially more prolific in 2012 than Jay Elec.
23. The “Old Man Yells At Cloud” Award – Saigon
For getting all Andy Rooney raspy on Ross and 2 Chainz.
24. The “I’m Not Sayin’, I’m Just Sayin'” Award – Big Boi
Hey 3 Stacks might be on some “Gillete Shit,” but maybe Adrian Brody can drop a quick 16?
25. The “Bet You Think This Role Is About You” Award – Riff Raff
Not only did he claim James Franco’s character in Spring Breakers was based on him, he also spread rumors he was the inspiration behind Lincoln, the wolves in the Grey, and at least half of The Muppets.
Happy Thanksgiving From All Of Us To All Of You – The Staff At HipHopDX
RELATED: The 2011 HipHopDX Turkey Awards
RELATED: The 2010 HipHopDX Turkey Awards
You guys forgot the “Most Grammatical Mistakes on a HipHop site” award, or the “The HipHopDX Editor that is the Biggest Dumbass” award.
how is this spam or offensive content? hahahaaha hhdx has feelings like lil teenage girls
jarule 🙂
jarule son ja rule
Ironic huh? This article is all about making fun of/talking shit about rappers, but they can’t handle someone making fun of them. Shit, if they used their own logic, then this whole article should be “removed for violating our spam and/or offensive content policies”.
You know whats fucked up.. Hip-Hopdx use to be the shit back in like 2006/2007. I still check on it but it changed.
@hova yeah but what are you gonna look at instead? i know this article sucks but in general its still a hell of a lot better than xxl or rapradar or the source
If anybody wants to see a ghost town of a website, go check out rapbasement. Haha I remember in 08/09, it used to be alright, but starting in 2010, I think the people that run it started to try to slowly kill it. Back when Sean Garrett was choosing on who to sign with; Roc Nation or Young Money, one of the editors (who was a Young Money/Lil Wayne dickrider) wrote something like, “Looks like Sean Garrett chose to sign with old ass Jay-Z’s Roc Nation”. They also update that site like once a month now, the latest shit they have on there is from Oct. 26th, about Lil Wayne having 90 songs with Dr. Dre, and another article about Diddy getting into the car wreck.
Or Vibe.com….haha vibe’s website is a joke. this site is nothing to write home about either, but it’ll do…i guess.
RapRadar is definitely the worst of them all. Those fags dickride MMG like their payroll depends on it and then they’ll go badmouth other artists.
I hope Elliot Wilson gets murked one day tbh
I know what the first comment said. Seems like the Editors don’t like being called out on an article where they’re making fun of rappers.
This shit funny.
The “Never Shoulda Let These Guys Write Reviews” Award: HHDX
they’re going to delete your comment, because you’re “violating our spam and/or offensive content policies”. Which boils down to, “You’re hurting our feelings, please stop.”
they dont really do that, they delete ja rules comments, comments with links and that malone guy who takes up the whole page
jarule over err thang
@ 2nd Anonymous
They deleted my comment, the first comment in this article (Wait…), because I made fun of the horrible grammar and mistakes the editors make on this site.
hmmm, ive been making fun of them and pointing out all their mistakes and errors for years now and never had a comment deleted, they never used to delete anything until the ja rule fags started going ham
Haha I picture it like this, they get done putting this article up and being in a good mood. Then they see the first comment on it, is a comment giving them shit about how retarded they are…so they get butthurt and delete it.
lol yeah shoulda won that one
The character was based of Riff Raff, in his defense.
this is both highly stupid and funny.
These are really funny.
50 cent needs an award for bowling with that mmg chain! rick ross and gunplay havent said shit about that yet!
This is by far the worst one DX has put up since they started this…. Disappointed
Why are you guys hating on rapgenius though… and this would have been funny if you changed the titles of the name and made it a slideshow instead
rapgenius is the worst! bunch of racist rich kids from yale getting rich off stolen lyrics full of mistakes and wrong interpretations of obvious songs
just look up one of the founders Mahbod Moghadam trying to freestyle rap on youtube, shit is embarassing
if you think their explanations are wrong then why don’t you go and explain songs yourself?
And lol @ anyone who thinks those “freestyles” are the least bit serious
yeah like im gonna go on their website and waste my time contributing to their site for free so a bunch of yale grads can get richer
hey anons, post your fucking freestyles? wbhat the fuck have you contributed? nothing? ok.
because i like true hip hop and not this copy cat hip pop
ima social outkast from every body that listens to mainstream
and there copyin
FUCK RAP
to bad drake had to be the one to put 416 on the map
100% COSIGN. Real Toronto heads don’t listen to this actor cornball…
lol @ real toronto heads, who are you nigga.
drakes sales tell a different story. deal with it
most of those sales came from girls, not hip-hop heads
Articulate1 is a representative of Toronto. He’s from Canada, ask him anything, he speaks for the whole city. He’s probably not just a douchebag that’s sitting behind his computer acting like he’s hot shit. Nope, he’s the real deal. He’s not a humongous faggot that tries to act like his opinion is respected by everyone. Nope he’s a bonafide rep.
its basically true though
these are the epitome of meh
this gets worse every year, why did all the good writers leave?
aww poor HHDX editors. You sound so butthurt. Calling out rap genius??? REALLY????
You guys are pitiful.
Delete my comment, just don’t lie and replace it with “because we’re a bunch of sensitive pussies”
why would they be butthurt about rapgenius though?
have you seen the guys who run that site? or heard him “freestyling”?
no I haven’t seen or heard him.
And you tell me why they would be butthurt? They’re the ones that called the site out…
its a joke
why arent you defending anyone else they called out
do you work for rap genius? are you buddies with those guys from yale?
who cares who runs rapgenious. hhdx should pay more attention to their own shit.
I have no affiliation/connection with RapGenius. Doesn’t make it any less of cheap shot by HHDX editors.
they are all cheapshots, thats the point
whats makes rapgenius so special or above being made fun of?
a bunch of rich white hipsters from yale start a popular hiphop site with no skills or work involved and get 15 million dollars, its true! they never should have go those hipsters money
lol not that its special not to get made fun of, but most ppl don’t even care or know who they are. so what if they’re from yale.
he’s keeping the theme of the editors: “lack of intelligence” talking shit on Yale too
sorry i shouldnt have called them white, i take that back
“5 – The EPMD Award”
LMAO
This was wack as usual, and Im going to have call a technical foul on the rap genius diss. That was extra wack.
I sense someone is upset.
you work at rap genius too?
exactly OP, thank you.
What a butthurt little insult to RapGenius to add in there.
why arent you guys defending 40 glocc or the tupac hologram? gotta be friends with that persian
lol “or the tupac hologram”
Dear HipHopDX..Never Ever do this shit again. Ever.
I used to like these Turkey Awards, this one seemed so lame though.
LOL I loved it, and y’all butthurt niggas can suck my dick
DMX’s T-shirt in that pic! LMAO!!!
My mama says I’m special, too 🙂
this list is surely turkey of the year. holy shit is it bad.
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This was weak. The puns aren’t funny, so when you click the links to find out what they even refer to you get sent to pages that have nothing to do with the list. Whaddafucksupwidat? At least you guys wrote “fuckery”, that was cool. And dissing rap genius? We don’t care about your incestual blog beef. Stop posting about french montana the dude’s an ass clown
This was lame. the ony one that made me smirk alittle bit was the cover for this article with lupe being pked in the dome by E.T. I swear these Awards get worst and worst every year.
DX WHY DIDNT YOU JUST ASK ME TO DO THESE?
cause you should’ve got an award for biggest dickrider ever.
true, or hopeless troll award
This was awful b. mad corny. this shit used to be funny
There were far more worst things that happened in 2012 aside from kanye on kardashians and a jayz/coldpay concert. also that movie is DEFINITELY based on RIFF RAFF, the resemblance is uncanny.
And the final award goes to the DX staff. for posting something just because it’s been done who cares if it doesn’t make sense or isn’t funny.
..this shit just ruined my day b
damn this wasn’t funny
Honestly DX writers this was alright the rap genius made me smirk. But I LOVE RAP GENIUS and i feel its for true hip-hop fans not these cornball Hipster tight pants wearing mutha’ ‘uckas
you got it twitsted, i actually read a new york times article about rap genius and it said when they got the 15 million dollars the one kid went and bought a whole bunch of skinny jeans in all different colors!
true hip-hop fans dont need a website to understand what their fav rappers are saying
^^^ agreed
True hip hop fans enjoy spreading the word and helping other people recognize the art. I ain’t even wearin’ skinny jeans.
Lil wyane is a LIVING LEGEND! period.
Proof: if he died tomorrow there would be hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of so called “haters” coming out the closet saying he’s the greatest of all time, etc. etc.
To be as commercial as he is and still embody hip-hop is amazing! People who look at underground rappers as “real” hip-hop don’t understand that those rappers want to be JUST like Wayne
I just happened to read this comment… And it is Totally Absurb kind sir.
most of these rappers aint real niggas. Word, Nas bankrupt never was a drug runner, Lil Wayne aint no blood, Jeezy aint no BMF, 50 a snitch, Game a stripper. None of these niggas real you guys. If they was all real they all be dead now. Like it or not Ross is the new biggie.
BAWSE!!!!!
you a troll that ain’t funny. hey youre right.
only thing ross has in common with biggie is that hes fat
Lupe fiasco probably had sleep paralysis … Check it out. Lucid dreaming probably
I’ve looked this up too. I’ve gone through a paralyzing experience as well, but what i went through was a demonic experience.
weak awards
bad just bad
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