Stunt Double: The 12 Funniest Rapper Impersonations In Music Videos

It's an old school tactic that Hammer just brought back for his Jay-Z diss video. Check out the history of hip-hop dopplegangers.

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Earlier this week, M.C. Hammer kept his promise and dropped "Better Run Run"—a Jay-Z dis record with an accompanying video, in response to a Jay line on Kanye's "So Appalled" clowning Hammer for blowing $30 million. The awfulness of the song and the absurdness of the beef aside, the video was a spectacular FAIL. Forget the fact that Hammer was dancing (poorly) in the music video for the dis song, but he also had a pretty lame Jay-Z impersonator. In Hammer's video, Jay sports a white tee and a Yankee fitted with the sticker still on it as he runs through the woods with the Devil. Worst part is, the Devil actually helps Jay write rhymes in the studio (Hov writing rhymes? FOH!). But we weren't surprised by Hammer's antics: After all, dissing rappers by creating parodies of them in your videos is a decidedly old school move. So we're taking a look back with Stunt Double: The 12 Funniest Rapper Impersonations In Music Videos.

3rd Bass "Pop Goes the Weasel" (1991)

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Kool Moe Dee "Death Blow" (1991)

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Tim Dog "Fuck Compton" (1991)

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Pete Nice "Rat Bastard" (1993)

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Pete Nice "Kick The Bobo" (1993)

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Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg "Fuck Wit Dre Day" (1993)

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2pac f/ Snoop Dogg "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (1996)

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2pac f/ Outlawz "Hit 'Em Up" (1996)

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O.G.C. "No Fear" (1996)

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Yukmouth "Game Over Part 2" (2005)

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Cam'ron "Suck It Or Not"/"Wet Wipes" (2006)

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