25 Music Videos With Rappers On Boats

Ludacris has his product placement down, even on guest spots. Shilling liquor + chillin' on a boat = quintessential rap video.

When Rick Ross and French talk about straight off the boat, they're talking about bricks. When we talk about straight off the boat, we're talking about ourselves after a day of getting drunk, tubing and catching fish. How's that for real?

In this video 50 goes down to a beach paradise with three video vixens to seduce and rob the unsuspecting, including an old dude on a boat. There's a hustler's ambition.

You can't hole yourself up in Hawaii without venturing out to the ocean. Kanye doesn't look too stoked to be on that boat, though. Maybe him and Drake's low-key rivalry is really about who can look like they're more miserable while doing fun things.

P-Square is from Nigeria, but ask Ricky Rozay and the duo is from the country of Africa. He obviously didn't lead the geography class while working as a prison guard.

The best part of videos on boats? The women sure as hell aren't going to be wrapped up in sweaters.

Unfortunately, to get to the boat, you have to watch Lil Wayne and his stupid-ass bright Trukfit hat for a few minutes.

Don't let your girl on board with J. Cole. He has a penchant for stealing and a boat would only reduce the challenge. You should probably keep her away from Trey Songz, too.

And the award for smallest boat in a rap video goes to Theophilus London. With all the traveling he does, we doubt he goes by dinghy often.

Of course Drake doesn't get on the boat. That would be too fun. Singing alone on a cliff is a TDM (Total Drake Move).

Sorry, B.G., but the most memorable thing about this track is Lil Wayne. It introduced the world to a future icon and slang term for white people to ruin.

Jay-Z couldn't pull the coolest boats early in his career, but that didn't last long. He and Bey could probably buy a Carnival Cruise ship, if they wanted to.

Nothing says big tyme like a boat with your group's name on it. Why they would take it to Alaska is beyond us.

The Mobb went into the deep blue sea. It seems right that they brought another one of Jay-Z's former foes with them.

We like to imagine that Rick Ross is in a Maybach or on a boat at all times, just like he likes to imagine he was/is a coke dealer.

We still can't believe Akon being famous was a thing. Try to listen to any of his hits and tell us they aren't more dated than jokes about LeBron being unclutch.

What's more Florida than an airboat? Flo Rida blows hot air up people's asses in the club and in the swamp.

Nobody, even Macklemore, expected him to blow up like he did before "Thrift Shop" dropped. With his second Billboard-topping single, "Can't Hold Us", he showed he can play with the big kids of rap, boats and all.

Ain't nobody got time to actually put a boat in water. When Chainz says he's ridin' 30s, he's talking about 30-foot floaters.

Is that Deebo from "Friday" in the beginning of the video? Good luck getting past him and into Master P's party. Make 'em say ough!

Girls used to front on Biz and his crew before they made it. When the Juice Crew starting rapping on boats, the same honeys began to come around and get "the vapors."

The classic song and one of the highlights from Step Brothers. Also, highly offensive. We're still waiting on Prestige Worldwide's next video.

It's hard to watch anything other than Puff acting a fool beside Biggie. This is what Suge Knight was talking about at the '95 Source Awards.

Jay-Z didn't always have great style. It's hard to look bad on a yacht, but that bucket hat certainly isn't helping. Is he more embarrassed about that or the crass lyrics, which he admitted were harsh in a Wall Street Journal interview.

The Lonely Island made fun of the nautical dick-swinging in rap videos by doing the only thing more obnoxious: yelling about it. Because just showing off the boat was much subtler.