The Untold Truth Of Ric Flair

Posted by Lorie Orum on Sunday, March 31, 2024

You wouldn't think hip-hop would care about some old pro wrestler, and yet Ric Flair seemingly gets name-checked by rappers more often than actual rappers do. Hip-hop simply cannot get enough of the guy, despite him rarely, if ever, rhyming his promos.

It makes sense — Flair's character is all about money, women, fine clothes, champagne, jet-setting, and being the coolest and most awesome person in the room. Hip-hop loves all those things, so Nature Boy's a bit of a rap cult hero. Billboard compiled a list of Flair references in rap, ranging from Pusha T rapping "(Woo!) That's rare n***a / (Woo!) Ric Flair n***a / (Woo!) The power's in my hair n***a (Woo!) / I give this beat the chair n***a" to Iggy Azalea spitting, "Stuntin', Ric Flair on ya / My stock high, blow the whole share on ya." The list also features three songs literally titled "Ric Flair" because subtlety in hip-hop is rarer than good steak.

Flair even appears on the occasional track, usually as a sample. On Meek Mill's "Bout That Life," for example, Flair makes an appearance to rant, "It's so hard for me to sit back here, in this studio, looking at a guy out here hollering my name, When last year I spent more money on spilt liquor in bars from one side of this world to the other, than you made." This was taken from an old NWA promo, but applies to young rappers just as much as it did to young wrestlers.

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