12 Best Hip-Hop Christmas Songs Of All Time – MTV

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Sure, Michael Bublé and Justin Bieber are the current Christmas crown holders , but what if your yuletide tastes require a harder edge? While rappers aren’t exactly known for spreading holiday cheer, hip-hop has given fans plenty of rap carols. Run-D.M.C. ‘s 1987 classic “Christmas in Hollis” may be the most-popular, but new-schoolers like Ludacris and Kanye West have kept rap’s Xmas tradition alive. If you’ve grown tired of listening to Nat King Cole’s 1946 “The Christmas Song” or even Mariah Carey’s more recent 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” MTV News has compiled a 12-song playlist of rap’s best Christmas-themed hits. “Christmas in Hollis,” Run-D.M.C. No doubt the greatest rap carol ever recorded, this 1987 classic found Run and partner-in-rhyme D.M.C. rapping about Christmas in their Hollis, Queens, New York, neighborhood. Who could forget Run spitting abou...

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