DK Rap

"DK Rap" is the opening song to the video game Donkey Kong 64. It is also a common meme and frequently ripped track on SiIvaGunner. 
== History ==
Donkey Kong 64 was released on November 22, 1999 for the Nintendo 64, being the fourth entry the Donkey Kong Country series. It features an opening song composed by Grant Kirkhope (who composed the entire game) and performed by George Andreas & Chris Sutherland. The song is about each of the game's playable characters, and details their abilities in the game. The song is meant to be very humorous, which lead to it becoming a meme. A majority of memes using it were either mashups or based on the lyrics about Lanky Kong, referred to as Lankyposting or HE. 
== On SiIvaGunner ==
The first rip of "DK Rap" was uploaded on March 7, 2016 onto the GiIvaSunner channel, as "DK Rap - Donkey Kong 64". It first appearance as a joke in a rip was in the medley rip "Remix 10 - Rhythm Heaven Fever". Later, on May 24, 2016, "DK Rap (Unused Version) - Donkey Kong 64" was uploaded. The rip has the song sentence-mixed to mostly reference the Coconut Gun, Donkey Kong's signature weapon in the game. The rip became extremely popular leading later rips of "DK Rap" to also have humorous sentence-mixing and emphasis on the Coconut Gun. The song has since been used in many rips as a joke as well. 
Currently, there are 14 rips of "DK Rap" on the channel. An arrangement of the song was also made for the King for Another Day Tournament. 
== Trivia ==
The Super Smash Bros. series features a cover of "DK Rap", first in Super Smash Bros. Melee, but it features different singers and isn't as liked. 
"DK Rap" briefly appears during Donkey Kong's introduction in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Unfortunately, Grant Kirkhope wasn't credited as composing the song within the film. 
Rips of "DK Rap" were banned from fan submissions for a long time, but recently were removed. 
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