Michael Steele 'wins' hip-hop 'battle' with Stephen Colbert David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster

Published: Friday March 20, 2009





Print This Email This Ever since RNC Chairman Michael Steele said he wants to give the Republican party a "hip-hop makeover," Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert has been chomping at the bit to net Steele into a rap battle.



On Colbert's Thursday episode, Steel won without even showing up.



"Just to help him hip-hop-ify the party, I invited chairman Steele to come on my show for a discussion about the benefits of a small government rap battle," said Colbert.



"Since then, Steele has twice accepted my invitation in the press, going so far as to say, 'bring it on.' But he has yet to bring it ... Even though the invitation was very clearly BYOI: bring your own it. I don't understand why he is not here."



Instead of penciling in another date, Colbert pulled a hoodie out of his jacket, picked up a mic and started his flow.



"Hey Mike Steele gonna steal the mic, with a flow so rich it'll get a tax hike, dropping rhymes so fine it will make you blush, and be so fat you could call them Rush. Oh, say, can you see, by your mom's ugly face, we don't need Scalia to rule this case. Call Nancy Grace and crank up the right-wing Republican base."



In Steele's absence, Colbert and his editors spliced together some of Steele's video clips into something of a hip-hop response that nearly defies description.



It was absurd enough that Colbert finally put his rap mantle down and awarded Steele the win, in a manner of speaking.



This video is from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, broadcast Mar. 19, 2009.









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