Hip-hop is more than words that rhyme and rhyming words. Hip-hop is poetry, and the poets of hip-hop are constantly pushing the boundaries of what can rhyme. Rappers aren't the only ones to use slant rhyme, but lots of rappers have taken slant rhyme to new heights. Teachers can check out our slant rhyme lesson plan, while all you rappers out there can use what's below as inspiration.
Rhyming with Famous People
Barack Obama — Nostradamus, taco lasagna, not your mama, stop the drama
John McCain - all the same, bombing Spain, pawns his brain
George Bush - more mush, pork hooves, horse tush,
Britney Spears - sing me cheers, rickety stairs, bring me beers
P Diddy - he's silly, cheesily, we really
Kobe Bryant — Oh, she’s trying, scope these tyrants, hope he’s lying
Ashlee Simpson — wacky ish son, mad we whipped
‘em, one size fits ‘em
Colonel Sanders — infernal chambers, herbal
dandruff
Bill Gates - still hates, forty ill dates, foibles
Pope Benedict the 16th - I scope derelicts who bring beef, I know heavyweights who fix teeth
Dick Cheney - quick ain't he?, it's rainy
50 Cent - nifty pants, hippy-man, sixty cent
Napoleon Bonaparte - grab hold of him in the dark, my flow is thinner than art
Barry Bonds - hairy palms, scary psalms, married moms
Mel Gibson - hell ribs him, 'til kids win, tell Simpson
A List of Interesting Words that Rhyme
(to use in your raps)
tuna fish - ludicrous - doin' this
spaghetti - Serengeti - Eveready
incomplete - sink and weep - toilet seat
back street - track meet - that's neat! - half beat
dictionary - pictionary - fiction's scary
esophagus - preposterous - sarcophagus
Ninja Turtles - jumpin' hurdles - flippin' gerbils
frat boys - fat goys - that noise
satchel - at you (atchoo) - Achoo! (sneeze)
real gentle stillness - severe mental illness
international hostel - supernatural nostril - fantastical raw wool
the tightest flow on the planet - the hypest don't panic
- the whitest known granite
Oil of Olay - spoil the day - boiled and played
egg yolks in your eyes - dead folks say goodbye - you choked on your lines
lackluster - just clutter - colonel mustard
worldwide stage - real tight cage - just got paid
listen to that - stick in your back - hit you so fast
rhyming words - flying herds - mining for turds
Houston Texas - who's goin' test this - goose for breakfast
IHOP - hi-tops - why not - my doc - flip flop - I bought - cyclops - eye sock(et) - cry a lot
waffle House - awful blouse
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Shakespeare asks:
Can I get a 'what...what'?
Reading rhyming language makes learning easier. You can also check out our
Short Funny Rhyming Poems and our
Funny Birthday Rhymes.
