Grant Kirkhope, the composer behind many classic games including Donkey Kong 64, has explained why he wasn't credited in The Super Mario Bros. Movie for the use of the infamous DK Rap. In an interview ...

“The DK Rap” composer Grant Kirkhope has hit out at The Super Mario Bros Movie for failing to credit him. Kirkhope created “The DK Rap” for the 1999 Nintendo game Donkey Kong 64. Following its release ...

I’m not proud of this, but one of the first rap songs I knew every word to was “DK Rap.” In my defense, I had no style, I had no grace, this Kong fan had a funny face (still got it). The song, ...

Grant Kirkhope composed the scores for some of the most well-known video games ever, including GoldenEye 007 and Banjo-Kazooie. But his greatest contribution to culture is rhyming “dudes” with “mood” ...

Very few people are likely thinking about the song “DK Rap” in 2024. If you need a refresher, it’s the simplistic and endearingly corny rap song from Donkey Kong 64 (1999), written by legendary video ...

Grant Kirkhope, the composer for “DK Rap” in Donkey Kong 64, also commented on it. He noted on his official Twitter account, “If you’d told me in ‘97, when I wrote the worst rap track in the history ...

Grant Kirkhope, who has composed video game musics for decades, recently expressed his dismay that he was not credited for DK Rap in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. DK Rap first appeared in developer ...

In a post on Bluesky, Kirkhope called the original version of the song “the worst rap track in the history of rap tracks,” while offering praise for Substantial’s take on the material. The new version ...

As we’ve noted multiple times on this website, the music of video games is as important as the graphics, story, and even gameplay at times. If you have a favorite franchise, whether it be Mario, Halo, ...