Wednesday, October 17, 2007

MTV to name "Celebrity Rap Superstar" champion live on Thursday

Live on Thursday, October 18th at 10pm ET/PT from the Culver Studio in Los Angeles, California, MTV will reveal the champion of “Celebrity Rap Superstar”…will it be Shar Jackson and Kendra Wilkinson? Joined by Rap mentors Mc Lyte and Too Short with Judges Da Brat, DMC, Big Boy and host Kevin Hart this exciting season finale of “Celebrity Rap Superstar” will be the main event of the evening packed with surprises and special guests. And in a first, all celebrity contestants will be back on stage together to celebrate with one final rhyme. Viewers can go to www.celebrityrapsuperstar.mtv.com to check out all of the past performances from the show and get the full low-down on one of the most anticipated live music events on the channel.
This season of “Celebrity Rap Superstar” started off with a star-studded cast that included Celebrity Mentors: Tone Loc, Warren G, Kurrupt, Redman, Bizarre and Bubba Sparx and Celebrity Contestants: Perez Hilton, Countess Vaughn, Sebastian Bach, Effren Ramirez, Jason Wahler, Jamal Anderson, Shar Jackson and Kendra Wilkinson. Each week the celebrities and their personal rap mentors worked together on honing their rapping skills. For eight weeks the contestants performed covers of some of the biggest rap songs of all time and created original raps in front of a live studio audience and an expert panel of judges. Following each week’s performances fans decided who would stay and who went home. This season culminates in this final competition where the rapper with the best skills will be chosen as the winner.
Fans can log on to www.Celebrityrapsuperstar.mtv.com to get the exclusive video of Sebastian Bach’s original song that he was scheduled to perform before being eliminated from the show. They can witness Shar Jackson’s evolution by viewing all of her performances to date and see how she’s improved along with Kendra Wilkinson’s progress by viewing all of her performances on celebrityrapsuperstar.mtv.com. MTV.com will also provide official celebrity rap superstar blogs with predictions of who will be crowned the next Celebrity Rap Superstar, exclusive blog from Mc Lyte, DMC and more. Viewers can also catch full episodic photos and view all of the performances on www.celebrityrapsuperstar.mtv.com

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