The voice actor for Donkey Kong in the upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated movie, Seth Rogen, throws some shade at one of Donkey Kong 64’s most memorable tracks, the DK Rap. With the Super Mario Bros.

I’m not proud of this, but one of the first rap songs I knew every word to was “DK Rap.” In my defense, I had no style, I had no grace, this Kong fan had a funny face (still got it). The song, ...

The Super Mario Bros. Movie apparently does not credit composer Grant Kirkhope as the creator of the “DK Rap” song heard in the film, a fact which hasn’t gone over well with the composer himself and ...

Grant Kirkhope, who has composed video game musics for decades, recently expressed his dismay that he was not credited for DK Rap in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. DK Rap first appeared in developer ...

In a post on Bluesky, Kirkhope called the original version of the song “the worst rap track in the history of rap tracks,” while offering praise for Substantial’s take on the material. The new version ...

Grant Kirkhope, the composer for “DK Rap” in Donkey Kong 64, also commented on it. He noted on his official Twitter account, “If you’d told me in ‘97, when I wrote the worst rap track in the history ...