"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" is the hit single by American hip hop artist Pras Michel. The song appeared on his debut album, Ghetto Supastar released in 1998, and on the soundtrack for the film Bulworth. It reached #15 in the U.S. It features Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa, who sings the chorus. In 1999 it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
The chorus is a reworking of the chorus of the 1983 Kenny ...
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"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" is the hit single by American hip hop artist Pras Michel. The song appeared on his debut album, Ghetto Supastar released in 1998, and on the soundtrack for the film Bulworth. It reached #15 in the U.S. It features Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa, who sings the chorus. In 1999 it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
The chorus is a reworking of the chorus of the 1983 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton hit "Islands in the Stream".
Francis Lawrence directed the video, which features actress Halle Berry and actors Warren Beatty and Oliver Platt. In a play on the theme of the film, which is a prominent white politician acting like an African American, Bulworth (Beatty's character) in the music video actually begins to stretch his mouth, pulling his face off to show it's really a mask, and revealing himself to be Pras, who is really the first African-American U.S. president in disguise. Wyclef Jean also appears on the set...
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