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Article: VH1 hunts for 'Rapper'.(Egotrip Presents the White Rapper Show)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- June 13, 2006
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VH1 is on the hunt for the next Eminem.
The cable network has teamed with "America's Next Top Model" exec producer Ken Mok for "Egotrip Presents the White Rapper Show," a comedic reality series that will test the rap skills and cultural know-how of 12 white contestants with dreams of hip-hop superstardom.
VH1 has ordered eight one-hour episodes slated to premiere early next year. White rap legend Michael "MC Serch" Berrin will host.
Contestants will live together in the South Bronx as a series of challenges test their music talent and ability to mesh with black culture. Michael Hirschorn, the net's exec VP of programming, emphasized that the ...