The rap battle is critical to hone your skills.

For a while now, we’ve been making posts relating to ninjas and the martial arts, and to go along with that, there is a contest for the artists out there.

The rules are simple:

• Make the most badass ninja in history period.
• The picture should reflect this badassedness in every way.
• You can depict the last 5 seconds of this ninja’s life or just a illustrate the ninja flat out.  If you have a better way of presenting/illustrating the character, have at it.
• The deadline for submission is at 12 p.m. (pacific) on May 1st. I will post the results later that evening for the world to see and to judge as to who gets the prize, oh yes, the prize!
• If you have any questions, send them to benja@paiiow.com

Happy creating!

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This video is straight from The Boondocks.
Martial Arts and hip hop? Catch the parallels.

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Before Wu-Tang, there were the Fu-Schnickens. They had a kung-fu base, but they weren’t as concerned with making a spectacle of it as other groups. The idea was that their lyrics were their martial arts.

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Pass the Courvoisier is landmark song put together by Busta Rhymes, Pharrell Willimas, and P. Diddy. Jamie Foxx showed up and made the video better. There’s kung fu involved.

More ass-whooping kung-fu, but this time from the West Coast. X makes a cogent point though. In any art, there is much to fight for.

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Hip hop and kung fu always went together. Somehow it all makes sense. This is Kung Faux, a real television series voiced by hip hop stars.

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This video by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan is remniscent of an old martial arts flick known as Death Mask of the Ninja. This video should be taught as a lesson in how to add kung-fu to a music video. Listen to the music and watch the battle.

Remedy is a Jewish rapper long affiliated with the RZA and the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Member Raph said it’s time for the NINJA. The ninja is powered by his soul. The ninja is fulfilling a duty that is greater than himself. The ninja is badass.

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Classic Producer The 45 King is known by only hip hop heads. He comes in and out of the limelight with hip-hop hits you’ve definitely heard of before. Jay-Z’s Hard Knock Life is one of the more famous ones.

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