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 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” ...

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, ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is finally here, performing for you in your local theater. When word spread of the DK Rap being included in the film, the ...

Kirkhope expressed his disappointment on Twitter simply by saying, “Well that’s f*****g depressing.” He then followed it up by stating he was “really looking forward to [seeing his] name in the ...

Grant Kirkhope, who has composed video game musics for decades, recently expressed his dismay that he was not credited for DK Rap in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. DK Rap first appeared in developer ...

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 ...

I think Mario's last PC outing was 2006's Dribble Skillz, so who knows where he got the money for the commercial. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...