Editing Muhammad Ali (section)

===In hip-hop===
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I done handcuffed lightning and throw thunder in jail.
You know I'm bad.
Just last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick.
I'm so mean, I make medicine sick.
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Ali often used [[rhyme scheme]]s and spoken word poetry when trash talking in boxing, and also delivered political poetry in his activism outside of boxing.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 26, 2012 |title=Muhammad Ali – press conference 1974 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTr-p-Y4P00 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151928/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTr-p-Y4P00 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |access-date=November 5, 2013 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JwPPM_vaNrI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130227191902/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwPPM_vaNrI&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |date=February 12, 2011 |title=Muhammad Ali – Pre Liston Poetry & Highlights |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwPPM_vaNrI |access-date=November 5, 2013 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/J6Hey54O6Qs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120921032346/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Hey54O6Qs Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |date=January 6, 2010 |title=Muhammad Ali Famous Interview After Defeating Foreman |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Hey54O6Qs |access-date=November 5, 2013 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He played a role in the shaping of the black poetic tradition, paving the way for [[The Last Poets]] in 1968, [[Gil Scott-Heron]] in 1970, and the emergence of [[rap music]] in the 1970s.<ref name="nytimes2">{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Henry Louis Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/opinion/muhammad-ali-the-political-poet.html |title=Muhammad Ali, the Political Poet |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026123948/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/opinion/muhammad-ali-the-political-poet.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ali has been referred to as "the first rapper".<ref>{{cite news |title=Muhammad Ali's influence ran deep through rap's golden age |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jun/06/muhammad-ali-influence-rap-golden-age |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=June 6, 2016 |language=en |access-date=May 15, 2018 |archive-date=May 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515185532/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jun/06/muhammad-ali-influence-rap-golden-age |url-status=live }}</ref> As a "rhyming trickster", he was noted for his boasts, "funky delivery", "comical trash talk", and "endless quotables".<ref name="rollingstone1">{{cite magazine |last=Reeves |first=Mosi |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/muhammad-ali-worlds-greatest-boxer-was-also-hip-hop-pioneer-20160604 |title=Muhammad Ali: World's Greatest Boxer Was Also Hip-Hop Pioneer |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 4, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-date=May 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515184644/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/muhammad-ali-worlds-greatest-boxer-was-also-hip-hop-pioneer-20160604 }}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' notes his "[[Freestyle rap|freestyle]] skills" and his "rhymes, flow, and braggadocio" would "one day become typical of [[Old school hip hop|old school]] MCs like [[Run DMC]] and [[LL Cool J]]", and his "outsized ego foreshadowed the vainglorious excesses of [[Kanye West]], while his [[Afrocentrism|Afrocentric]] consciousness and cutting honesty pointed forward to modern bards like [[Rakim]], [[Nas]], [[Jay-Z]], and [[Kendrick Lamar]]."<ref name="rollingstone2">{{cite magazine |last=Rubin |first=Mike |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/muhammad-ali-4-ways-he-changed-america-20160605 |title=Muhammad Ali: 4 Ways He Changed America |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 5, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-date=May 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515185135/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/muhammad-ali-4-ways-he-changed-america-20160605 }}</ref>

In 2006, the documentary ''Ali Rap'' was produced by [[ESPN]], with [[Chuck D]] of [[Public Enemy]] as the host.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thesource.com/2016/06/09/the-10-best-muhammad-ali-references-in-hip-hop/ |title=The 10 Best Muhammad Ali References In Hip Hop |last=Berry |first=Ben |date=June 9, 2016 |website=The Source |language=en-US |access-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419002903/http://thesource.com/2016/06/09/the-10-best-muhammad-ali-references-in-hip-hop/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other rappers narrated the documentary as well, including [[Doug E Fresh]], [[Ludacris]] and Rakim who all spoke on Ali's behalf in the film.

Ali has been cited as an inspiration by many celebrated rappers, throughout the following decades, such as LL Cool J,<ref name="rollingstone1" /> Chuck D,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://andscape.com/features/muhammad-ali-the-original-rapper/ |title=Muhammad Ali: The original rapper – Legendary emcee Chuck D of Public Enemy talks Ali's impact on hip-hop |website=[[Andscape]] |date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702051928/https://andscape.com/features/muhammad-ali-the-original-rapper/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Jay-Z, [[Eminem]], [[Sean Combs]], [[Slick Rick]], Nas and [[MC Lyte]],<ref name="cbsnews">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jay-z-eminem-and-more-hip-hop-luminaries-remember-muhammad-ali/ |title=Jay Z, Eminem and more hip-hop luminaries remember Muhammad Ali |work=[[CBS News]] |date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812105446/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jay-z-eminem-and-more-hip-hop-luminaries-remember-muhammad-ali/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and is frequently mentioned in popular hip-hop songs.<ref name="cbsnews" />