Skillz Reminds Us Of The Past Year With His “Rap Up 2016”

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As 2016 comes to a close, Virginia’s Skillz comes through like clockwork on his always much-anticipated “Rap UP 2016.”

Over Young M.A’s rockin’ “Summer Story”  instrumental, Skillz touches on everything from the Pokemon Go app, Donald Trump, Desiigner, the chip on our debit cards, the new iPhone, the late Phife Dawg, Golden State Warriors, and much more.

Skillz has been providing hip-hop heads with a year-end “Rap Up” since 2002 — and they’re still entertaining.

In a 2011 interview with BET, Skillz explained the song’s origin.

“First it was just a freestyle. It was something that I was just doing for fun and then people started asking for it and expecting it so I would do it. Then it started getting played on the radio so much. Me being a songwriter, I was like, ‘D**n, I’m probably losing a lot of royalties.’ Then one year, I did it over the “Lost Ones,” by Jay-Z, and it charted on Billboard,” Skillz said to BET.

Stream “Rap Up 2016″ below.

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“I’m so far ahead of my time; I’m bout to start another life/ Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice.”- Jay Z

“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

“No one said it would be easy, n**** livin’ is work”

“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”

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