Ice-T's Rap School is a reality television show on VH1

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. It is a spin-off

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 of the British reality show Gene Simmons' Rock School

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, which also aired on VH1.

In Rap School, rapper/actor Ice-T

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 teaches eight teens from York Preparatory School

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 in New York City

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 how to become a real hip-hop group called the "York Prep Crew" ("Y.P. Crew" for short). Each week, Ice-T gives them assignments and they compete for an imitation gold

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 chain with a microphone

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 on it. On the season finale, the group performed as an opening act for Public Enemy.

Cast and characters

(nicknames were given by Ice-T himself)

Real Name	Nickname	Job	Notes
Tracy Morrow	Ice-T	Teacher Teacher A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...	Ice-T is a skilled veteran of the rap game. He also gets some of his friends to help him teach rap school sometimes or just to judge or encourage them.
Dodge Landesman	Dodge City	promoter/Rapper	"Dodge City" is the old fashioned student who loves 40s' and 50s' music. He is always dressing in a suit or another old fashioned way. He claims to have not worn jeans Blue Jeans "Blue Jeans" is a sentimental popular song written by Harry D. Kerr and Lou Traveller in 1920. In the song, the singer is reminiscing about a long-ago young love that happened somewhere in the "hills of the old Cumberland." The chorus echoes the singer's longing:* The Parlor Songs Collection.* by...  for 6 years.
Sam	Money Man Sam	Rapper	"Money Man Sam" is a prep student who works the hardest on his raps. He is also one of the best at rapping according to Ice-T.
Sophia	So Fine	Manager Talent manager A talent manager, also known as an artist manager or band manager, is an individual or company who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry... /Rapper	"So Fine" is the popular prep student who loves to speak her mind. She is best friends with "Lady A" and "E-Rizzle".
Leir	Big L	Hype man Hype man A hype man in hip hop music and rapping is a “backup rapper/singer who is also responsible for increasing an audience's excitement with call-and-response chants” according to The Hilltop and author Grant Barrett....	"Big L" is a student who loves to play and joke around but is one of the best at rapping according to Ice-T. He once considered quitting the group but then decided to come back.
Mary	Missy M	Rapper	"Missy M" is a shy student who likes rapping about life. She is upset sometimes about her parents' divorce Divorce Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties... , and causes her to have low condfidence.]].
Arielle	Lady A	Dancer/Rapper	"Lady A" is also a popular student and is best friends with "So Fine" and E-Rizzle".
Erin	E-Rizzle	Dancer	"E-Rizzle" is also a popular student who's best friends with "Lady A" and "So Fine".
Phil	Phil the Agony	DJ	"Phil the Agony" has trouble rapping because he stutters. Ice-T thinks he should be a DJ, because that is where he showed the most talent.

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate	Code

The Gold Mic

Episode #	Students	Who gets the gold mic	Notes
1	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Dodge City	Dodge City gets the gold mic for his skills and trying his hardest to DJ and rapping the whole 6'n the Morning.
2	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Money Man Sam	Money Man Sam is upset with Big L getting the gold mic. They freestyle battle and Money Man Sam wins the gold mic.
3	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Money Man Sam	Wins gold mic for the 2nd time for good skills.
4	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	So Fine	Wins gold mic for being more responsible.
5	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Missy M	Wins gold mic for her improvement and confidence
6	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	All of them win the gold mic as a final farewell from Ice-T

Guest stars

Episode them guest starred in	Celebrity	What they did / Notes
Episode 1	Grandmaster Melle Mel Grandmaster Caz	Both helps students DJ
Episode 2	Pro Dancers	Teach students hip hop dances
Episode 3	MC Lyte DJ Premier	Both were Judges
Episode 4	-	-
Episode 5	Ed Lover Ed Lover James Roberts , better known as Ed Lover, is an African-American rapper, actor, musician, radio personality, and former MTV VJ.-Biography:... GMS-152 Gang Common	Ed Lover hosts his radio show. GMS-152 Gang does freestyle raps with the York Prep Crew. Common raps and later inspires and gives advice to the group.
Episode 6	Public Enemy	They perform at BB King's after the YPC open for them and meet the band before and after the show to give them a pep talk

External links

• Ice-T's Rap School on The Futon Critic.com