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The Great White Hype

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The Great White Hype is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. [1]

63 relations: Ambersunshower, Art Evans, Bert Sugar, Billboard 200, Biz Markie, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Buddhism, Camp Lo, Cappadonna, Cheech Marin, Cleveland, Comedy film, Contemporary R&B, Corbin Bernsen, Damon Wayans, DJ Premier, DJ U-Neek, E-40, Epic Records, Gerry Cooney, Ghostface Killah, Heavy metal music, Hip hop music, Hot Rap Songs, Insane Clown Posse, Irish people, Jamie Foxx, Jeff Goldblum, John Rhys-Davies, Jon Lovitz, Joshua Donen, Larry Holmes, Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney, Las Vegas, Lou Rawls, Marcus Miller, Method Man, Michael Jace, Mike Tyson, Nedra Volz, P.M. Dawn, Pay-per-view, Peter Berg, Peter McNeeley, Promoter (entertainment), Psychological manipulation, Race card, Raekwon, Reginald Hudlin, Rocky Carroll, ..., Ron Shelton, Rotten Tomatoes, Rudy Ray Moore, RZA, Salli Richardson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sports film, Tony Hendra, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, U-God, Undisputed champion, 20th Century Fox, 4th Disciple. Expand index (13 more) »

Ambersunshower

Ambersunshower (born Ambersunshower Nadine Miligros Villenuevo Smith) is an R&B singer and former member of the hip hop duo Groove Garden.

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Art Evans

Arthur James "Art" Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of three decades.

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Bert Sugar

Bert Randolph Sugar (June 7, 1936 – March 25, 2012) was a boxing writer and sports historian recognizable by his trademark fedora and unlit cigar.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Biz Markie

Marcel Theo Hall (born April 8, 1964), better known by his stage name Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, actor, comedian, reality television personality and commercial spokesperson.

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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American hip hop group.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Camp Lo

Camp Lo is an American hip hop duo, formed in 1995, which hails from The Bronx, New York.

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Cappadonna

Darryl Hill (born September 18, 1969), best known by his stage name Cappadonna, is an American rapper.

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Cheech Marin

Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer and activist who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Comedy film

Comedy is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor.

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Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B (also known as simply R&B), is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.

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Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and director, known for his work on television.

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Damon Wayans

Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer, and member of the Wayans family of entertainers.

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DJ Premier

Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ, and was half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr—alongside the emcee Guru—and forms half of the hip hop duo PRhyme, together with Royce da 5'9".

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DJ U-Neek

Tim Middleton (born June 15, 1969) known professionally as "DJ U-Neek" is an American record producer based in Los Angeles.

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E-40

Earl Stevens (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Gerry Cooney

Gerald Arthur Cooney (born August 24, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990.

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Ghostface Killah

Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Heavy metal music

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Hot Rap Songs

Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles, and also known as Rap Airplay) is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.

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Insane Clown Posse

Insane Clown Posse (ICP) is an American hip hop duo composed of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (originally 2 Dope; Joseph Utsler).

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Irish people

The Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture.

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Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, film producer, and comedian.

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Jeff Goldblum

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an American actor.

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John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor and voice actor known for his portrayal of Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and the charismatic excavator Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' films.

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Jon Lovitz

Jonathan Michael Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer.

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Joshua Donen

Joshua Donen is an American film producer.

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Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002.

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Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney

Larry Holmes vs.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Lou Rawls

Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and record producer.

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Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller (born William Henry Marcus Miller Jr.; June 14, 1959) is an American jazz composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a bass guitarist.

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Method Man

Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, producer, and actor.

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Michael Jace

Michael Andrew Jace (born July 13, 1965) is a former American actor, best known for his role as Los Angeles Police Officer Julien Lowe in the FX drama The Shield.

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Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005.

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Nedra Volz

Nedra Volz (née Gordonier, June 18, 1908 – January 20, 2003) was an American actress.

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P.M. Dawn

P.M. Dawn was an American hip hop act, formed in 1988 by the brothers Attrell Cordes (known by his stage name Prince Be, sometimes credited as Prince Be the Nocturnal) and Jarrett Cordes (known as DJ Minutemix) in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television service by which a subscriber of a television service provider can purchase events to view via private telecast.

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Peter Berg

Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor.

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Peter McNeeley

Peter McNeeley (born October 6, 1968) is an American former heavyweight boxer, best known for his 1995 fight with Mike Tyson, before which McNeeley had said he would wrap Tyson in a "cocoon of horror." McNeeley fought aggressively but was knocked down twice within the first two minutes.

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Promoter (entertainment)

An entertainment promoter in industries like music, wrestling, and sports is an individual or organization in the business of marketing and promoting live events such as concerts/gigs, sports events, professional wrestling (wrestling events), festivals, raves, and nightclubs.

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Psychological manipulation

Psychological manipulation is a type of social influence that aims to change the behavior or perception of others through abusive, deceptive, or underhanded tactics.

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Race card

Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase that refers to exploitation of either racist or anti-racist attitudes by accusing others of racism.

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Raekwon

Corey Woods (born January 12, 1970), better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Reginald Hudlin

Reginald Alan Hudlin (born December 15, 1961) is an American film screenwriter, director and producer.

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Rocky Carroll

Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll (born July 8, 1963) is an American actor.

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Ron Shelton

Ronald Wayne Shelton (born September 15, 1945) is an American film director and screenwriter and former minor league baseball infielder.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Rudy Ray Moore

Rudolph Frank Moore (March 17, 1927October 19, 2008), known as Rudy Ray Moore, was an American comedian, musician, singer, film actor, and film producer.

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RZA

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (born July 5, 1969), better known by his stage name RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, musician, actor, filmmaker and author.

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Salli Richardson

Salli Elise Richardson (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress and director.

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer.

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Sports film

A sports film is a film genre that uses sport as the theme of a film.

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Tony Hendra

Tony Hendra (born 10 July 1941) is an English satirist, actor and writer who has worked mostly in the United States.

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

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U-God

Lamont Jody Hawkins (born October 11, 1970), better known as U-God (short for Universal God), is an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan.

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Undisputed champion

In professional boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is usually a boxer who is recognized as the world champion at that class by each boxing organization, However, there are no officially declared necessary conditions needed to become an undisputed champion, as the major boxing organizations refer to all boxers holding at least two world titles in their respective division as unified champions.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox.

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4th Disciple

Selwin Bougard, now known as El-Divine Amir Bey, better known by his stage name 4th Disciple, is a sonic artist and audio engineer who was one of the founding members of Killarmy and one of the best-known Wu-Tang-affiliated producers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_White_Hype

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