Collectively, over 60 artists and celebrities have appeared over the course of three different fighting games. No other franchise on this list oozes hip-hop more than the 'Def Jam' series. Def Jam (series spanning PS2, PS3, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP) While the game may not have been that great, it is the only game on this list to have its own awesome controller.Ģ. With 'Shaolin Style' Wu-Tang became the first rap group to break new ground in terms of mass marketing your brand.

Your weapon: the ancient form of kung fu, known as Wu-Tang. Saying that 'everyone had their own fighting game back in the 1990's' really isn't too much of a stretch, as is proven by 'Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style.' You could complete the trials of the 36 chambers in order to save Master Xin. To help frame the list, ' Shaq Fu' almost made the cut. Hip-hop has had much more success as a musical genre than as a basis for video games. We know calling this a 'top 10' is stretching it a little bit, as that implies that these games stand out, above all other games. Also much like hip-hop as a genre, hip-hop games have had their fair share of Vanilla Ices. Hip-hop is one of the most raw and emotional musical genres, and the same can be said about the video games that it inspires, at least some of them. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the seminal rap and hip-hop show ' Yo! MTV Raps' I have put together a top ten list of the best hip-hop video games ever to hit the streets.