Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme | |
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Created by | Ego Trip |
Starring | MC Serch, Yo-Yo |
Country of origin | United States |
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Executive producer | Gabriel Alvarez |
Producer | TBA |
Running time | 60 min. |
Production companies | 10 by 10 Entertainment Ego Trip Ethnic Inc. VH1 Productions |
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Network | VH1 |
Release | April 14 – June 9, 2008 |
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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]
Name | Age | Eliminated | Place |
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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 |
Placing | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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]
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