Black Games Archive

Context, Culture, and Representation


Rap Jam: Volume One

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_Jam:_Volume_One

Developer: 64WD Creation
Publisher: Mowtown Games
Release Year: 1995
Platform: SNES
Genre: Sports
Taxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs, Anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations

You play as one of the included rap artists in a game played on outdoor courts. The game involved hard fouls and fighting with no foul calls.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqfJpcjPmP4
Source: https://wackoid.com/game/bits-and-pieces-rap-jam-volume-one-snes/
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