| Year |
Film |
Song |
Artist |
Notes |
|---|
| 1985 |
Krush Groove |
"Krush Groovin" |
Run DMC, Sheila E., Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys |
Potentially the first film with an associated hip hop song |
| 1987 |
Disorderlies |
"Baby, You're a Rich Man" |
Fat Boys |
Cover of "Baby, You're a Rich Man" by The Beatles |
| 1987 |
Dragnet |
"City of Crime" |
Dan Aykroyd & Tom Hanks |
Performed with Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple and Pat Thrall of the Pat Travers Band |
| 1987 |
The Monster Squad |
The Monster Squad |
The Monster Squad |
Written and Produced by Dick Rudolph and Michael Sembello |
| 1987 |
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol |
"Citizens on Patrol" |
Michael Winslow |
Performed with the LA Dream Team |
| 1988 |
Colors |
"Colors" |
Ice-T |
#70 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1988 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |
"A Nightmare on My Street" |
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince |
Unofficial tribute |
| 1988 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |
"Are You Ready for Freddy" |
The Fat Boys |
Features singing from Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger |
| 1989 |
Ghostbusters II |
"On Our Own" |
Bobby Brown |
#1 on US Billboard R&B |
| 1989 |
Ghostbusters II |
"Ghostbusters" |
Run DMC |
Written by Ray Parker, Jr. |
| 1990 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
"Turtle Power" |
Partners in Kryme |
#13 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1991 |
The Addams Family |
"Addams Groove" |
MC Hammer |
#7 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1991 |
Cool as Ice |
"Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" |
Vanilla Ice ft. Naomi Campbell |
#81 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1991 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze |
Ninja Rap |
Vanilla Ice |
Also performed live in-film in Vanilla Ice's film debut |
| 1992 |
Deep Cover |
"Deep Cover |
Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg |
Snoop Dogg's first appearance on record |
| 1992 |
Gladiator |
"Gladiator" |
3rd Bass |
The final appearance of 3rd Bass as a group |
| 1992 |
Juice |
"Juice (Know the Ledge)" |
Eric B. & Rakim |
|
| 1992 |
Mo' Money |
"Mo' Money Groove" |
Mo' Money All-Stars |
|
| 1992 |
Trespass |
"Trespass" |
Ice Cube & Ice-T |
|
| 1993 |
Addams Family Values |
"Addams Family (Whoomp!)" |
Tag Team |
Won Worst Original Song at the 1993 Razzie Awards |
| 1993 |
Judgment Night |
"Judgment Night" |
Biohazard and Onyx |
|
| 1993 |
Menace II Society |
"Streiht Up Menace" |
MC Eiht |
|
| 1993 |
The Meteor Man |
"Ain't Nobody Bad Like the Meteor Man" |
Big Hat Ray Ray |
|
| 1993 |
Posse |
"Posse (Shoot 'em Up)" |
Intelligent Hoodlum |
|
| 1994 |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
"Ace Is In The House" |
Tone Lōc |
|
| 1994 |
Street Fighter |
"Straight to my Feet" |
MC Hammer ft. Deion Sanders |
|
| 1995 |
Batman Forever |
"The Riddler" |
Method Man |
|
| 1995 |
Dangerous Minds |
"Gangsta's Paradise" |
Coolio |
#1 best selling single of 1995 on US Billboard |
| 1995 |
Higher Learning |
"Higher" |
Ice Cube |
|
| 1995 |
Friday |
"Friday" |
Ice Cube |
|
| 1995 |
Tales from the Hood |
"Tales from the Hood" |
Domino ft. Chill |
|
| 1996 |
Set It Off |
"Set It Off" |
Organized Noize ft. Queen Latifah |
|
| 1996 |
Space Jam |
"Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" |
B-Real, Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes |
|
| 1996 |
Space Jam |
"Space Jam" |
Quad City DJ's |
#37 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1997 |
Def Jam's How to Be a Player |
"How to Be a Playa" |
Master P, Fiend, and Slikk the Shocker |
|
| 1997 |
Men in Black |
"Men in Black" |
Will Smith |
#1 on US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream |
| 1997 |
Scream 2 |
"Scream" |
Master P ft. Silkk the Shocker |
|
| 1997 |
Hoodlum |
"Hoodlum" |
Mobb Deep ft. Big Noyd and Rakim |
|
| 1997 |
Money Talks |
"Money Talks" |
Lil' Kim and Andrea Martin |
|
| 1997 |
Nothing to Lose |
"Nothin' to Lose (Naughty Live)" |
Naughty by Nature |
|
| 1998 |
Bulworth |
"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" |
Pras ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mýa |
#15 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1998 |
He Got Game |
"He Got Game" |
Public Enemy ft. Stephen Stills |
|
| 1998 |
I Got the Hook Up |
"I Got the Hook Up" |
Master P featuring Sons of Funk |
|
| 1998 |
The Players Club |
We Be Clubbin' |
Ice Cube |
Later remixed for the NBA with Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jackson |
| 1999 |
Deep Blue Sea |
"Deepest Bluest" |
LL Cool J |
|
| 1999 |
Foolish |
"Foolish" |
Master P, Magic, and Mo B. Dick |
|
| 1999 |
Light It Up |
"Light It Up" |
Master P & No Limit Records |
|
| 1999 |
In Too Deep |
"In Too Deep" |
Nas and Nature |
|
| 1999 |
Wild Wild West |
"Wild Wild West" |
Will Smith |
#33 on US Billboard Hot 100 |
| 2000 |
Held Up |
"Held Up" |
Mo Thugs Family and Layzie Bone |
|
| 2001 |
Dr. Dolittle 2 |
"Do U Wanna Roll" (Dolittle Theme)" |
RL, Lil' Kim, and Snoop Dogg |
|
| 2001 |
Hardball |
"Hardball" |
Lil' Bow Wow, Lil Wayne, Lil' Zane, and Sammie |
|
| 2001 |
How High |
"How High Part II" |
Method Man & Redman |
|
| 2001 |
Pootie Tang |
Dirty Dee |
Magic and Master P |
|
| 2001 |
The Wash |
"The Wash" |
Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg |
|
| 2001 |
Baby Boy |
"Just a Baby Boy" |
Snoop Dogg ft. Tyrese & Mr. Tan |
|
| 2002 |
Brown Sugar |
"Brown Sugar (Extra Sweet)" |
Mos Def ft. Faith Evans |
|
| 2002 |
Brown Sugar |
"Brown Sugar (Raw)" |
Black Star |
|
| 2002 |
Brown Sugar |
"Brown Sugar (Fine)" |
Mos Def |
|
| 2002 |
Men in Black II |
"Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" |
Will Smith ft. Trā-Knox |
|
| 2002 |
Scooby Doo |
"Shaggy, Where Are You?" |
Shaggy |
Cover of "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" |
| 2003 |
Biker Boyz |
"Biker Boyz" |
Slick Boyz & Mr. Murder |
|
| 2003 |
Malibu's Most Wanted |
"Most Wanted in Malibu" |
Baby Jaymes and Jamie Kennedy |
|
| 2004 |
Soul Plane |
"Soul Plane" |
Snoop Dogg ft. La Tolya Williams |
|
| 2005 |
Hustle & Flow |
"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" |
Three 6 Mafia |
Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 78th Academy Awards |
| 2006 |
The Shaggy Dog |
"Big Dog" |
Akon |
|
| 2013 |
Django Unchained |
"100 Black Coffins" |
Rick Ross |
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