It turns out the best song from Mario's history, the Donkey Kong rap, will be in the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie. In the '90s it was all too common that media that shouldn't have rap in it would ...

Grant Kirkhope composed the scores for some of the most well-known video games ever, including GoldenEye 007 and Banjo-Kazooie. But his greatest contribution to culture is rhyming “dudes” with “mood” ...

Illumination’s animated all-things-Nintendo celebration The Super Mario Bros. Movie begins with plumber brothers Mario and Luigi splitting from their boss, Spike, and heading off into business for ...

Grant Kirkhope says he reached out to a Nintendo contact, but has had no luck getting his name in The Super Mario Bros. Movie ...

The Super Mario Bros. Movie apparently does not credit composer Grant Kirkhope as the creator of the “DK Rap” song heard in the film, a fact which hasn’t gone over well with the composer himself and ...

Grant Kirkhope, the composer behind many classic games including Donkey Kong 64, has explained why he wasn't credited in The Super Mario Bros. Movie for the use of the infamous DK Rap. In an interview ...

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was among the first titles to drop a TV spot during Sunday night's Super Bowl, but this probably isn't what many of you will be expecting! Shared by Illumination (via ...

I’m not proud of this, but one of the first rap songs I knew every word to was “DK Rap.” In my defense, I had no style, I had no grace, this Kong fan had a funny face (still got it). The song, ...