Once a year Star Wars fans get to geek out and rework one of the movie’s most notable quotables, “May The Force Be With You.”
Since 2011 Star Wars fanatics have celebrated the movie on the fourth day of May since the date can be used to flip the quote into “May The 4th Be With You.” While Disney and LucasFilms have never officially trademarked the quote [yet], Disney does observe the Star Wars Day “holiday” with various Star Wars events and festivities at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
Hip-Hop artists who grew watching the movie have also been inspired over the years and you can hear it in their lyrics, and sometimes even in their music videos and performances.
Big Boi – “All In My Grill” (1999)
On his scene stealing verse on Missy Elliot’s “All In My Grill” Big Boi raps:
“And people around me is tellin’ me that you’s a stalker / Like Darth Vader chasing Skywalker / I told you I was the street talker”
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Outkast – Happy Valentine’s Day (2003)
Here Andre 3000 raps:
“Han Solo till I’m hit by the bullet, so may the Force / Be with you, and I’ll hit you when better time permits”
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The Notorious B.I.G – “Hypnotize” (1997)
Biggie shows his Star Wars love rapping:
“Tell them h*es, take they clothes off slowly/Hit em wit the force like Obi”
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Method Man – “The ?” (1999)
On “The ?” from The Blackout album with Redman, Meth spits:
“Study man and all his methods
And through his ethic, learn to expect the unexpected
One step ahead I, return like Jedi
Three hours behind your punk ass, catchin a red eye”
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Ludacris – “We Gettin’ Rich” (2009)
In his guest verse on Playaz Cirlce’s single “We Gettin’ Rich,” Ludacris drops hella Star Wars references:
“I wear black everyday like I shop with Darth Vader, Keep the Luke Skywalker force is the chopper/Furry mink coat straight looking like Chewbacca.”
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Kanye West – “Gone” (2005)
In one of his stronger performances on Late Registration, Kanye closes his song “Gone” with a verse containing these lines:
“I’ma open up a store for aspiring MCs
Won’t sell ’em no dream, but the inspiration is free
But if they ever flip sides like Anakin
You’ll sell everything including the mannequin
They got a new bitch, now you Jennifer Aniston
Hold on I’ll handle it, don’t start panickin'”
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Gnarls Barkley At The 2006 MTV Movie Awards
CeeLo and Danger Mouse went all out for their 2006 MTV Movie Awards performance and dressed the whole band in Star Wars garb.
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Eminem – “Rain Man” (2004)
Eminem’s controversial lyrics about Christopher Reeves and his handicap contained these lines:
“He used to be like a hero to me / I even believe I had one of those 25-cent stickers on my refrigerator right next to Darth Vader / And Darth must have put a hex on him for later.”
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The Cool Kids – “One, Two” (2008)
Here Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids takes a second to brag on his Nike SB Jedis rapping:
Homie, not a wack thread on me
Size 10 Jedis, Obi-Wan Kenobi
And I’m Anakin and I’m rambling
So bladabladabla till the chorus end
