Long-running trivia show “Jeopardy!” is no stranger to having hip-hop featured in various categories but this week a contestant managed to completely botch a Notorious B.I.G.-related question in the worst way.
When asked a Biggie Smalls question on “Jeopardy!” last night (December 15), a player not only managed to get the question wrong but mispronounced late rapper 2Pac’s name.
"Two Pack" 🤔 🤔 🤔 LMFAO
[via @Deadspin] https://t.co/TXI03DZ6Mp
— Complex (@Complex) December 16, 2016
Back in October, “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek treated contestants to a few bars off rap star Drake’s “Jumpman, Jumpman” single.
Drake was an answer on tonight’s episode of “Jeopardy!.” Alex Trebek rapped a part of “Jumpman,” from the Future collaboration What a Time to Be Alive, for the clue: “This Canadian rapped, ‘Jumpman, Jumpman, Jumpman, them boys up to somethin’/ Uh, uh, uh, I think I need some Robitussin,’” forgetting a “Jumpman” in the process. (Pitchfork)
Trebeck forgot a Jumpman, but still electric. @KFCBarstool @Kmarkobarstool @stoolpresidente pic.twitter.com/BBmLZHCSam
— Jack Fennell (@jackfennell) October 26, 2016
Earlier the same month, “Jeopardy!” contestant Susan Cole flipped the script on Trebek after he clowned her for liking “nerdcore hip-hop.”
The long-time “Jeopardy!” host made his feelings about “nerdcore hip-hop” abundantly clear after contestant Susan Cole described her love for it on Wednesday night’s show. “Losers, in other words,” he said. But Cole had the last laugh on Wednesday considering she dominated the competition by taking home $22,600 to win the episode. That means she will return for Thursday’s show, where surely she and Trebek will have something to talk about. (Today)
The Cole-Trebek “nerdcore hip-hop” face-off almost immediately went viral.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLg22wzlJcN/?taken-by=akademikstv
Alex steady slayin' the nerdhop today on @Jeopardy #trebek #ruthless pic.twitter.com/nK4Sl9QwTL
— new york is king. (@newyorkisking) October 12, 2016
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