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 (2008-04-14) – June 9, 2008 (2008-06-09)
Related
Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show

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

Cast

Name	Age	Eliminated	Place
Rece Steele	25	N/A	Winner
Byata	26	Episode 8, Part 2	2nd
Ms. Cherry (Elisa Hood)	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.

• Elisa “Ms. Cherry” Hood from Atlanta, GA ended episode 8 in the top 3.

Call-out order

Serch's call-out order

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

• Ghostface Killah
• Too Short
• John Singleton
• Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
• Just Blaze
• WC
• Roxanne Shante
• will.i.am
• Missy Elliott
• Charli Baltimore

Reception

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

• Ego Trip (magazine)
• Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show

References

1. 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.
2. Kimberly Nordyke. "VH1's novela idea for series". TheHollywoodReporter. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
3. Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme. "Miss Rap Supreme's contestants". VH1. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
4. 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.
5. Kotsosavas, Anastasia (April 30, 2008). "TV". Philadelphia Weekly . p. 43. ProQuest   369043439.
6. 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.
7. 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.

External links

• Official Website
• Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme at IMDb
• Audio interview with ego trip's Brent Rollins and Gabriel Alvarez on public radio program The Sound of Young America