Newsreader trying to 'rap' to a Vanilla Ice report is something your dad would totally do

Stop, collaborate...no, just stop.
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After something to cringe over? Bad "rapping" will do just that.

We're guessing Australian newsreader Peter Hitchener is no Vanilla Ice fan. And not because the 'Ice Ice Baby' rapper lost his cool at airport staff in Atlanta recently. Hitchener's terrible rhyming could only be driven by pure contempt. That's how bad it is.

Similar your dad trying to rap at a family barbecue, it's an endearing and cringe-worthy, all at the same time. The very fact that an incident in which Vanilla Ice yelled at an airline employee would make prime time news in Australia, is just the embarrassing cherry on top.

But please, please leave it to actual rappers. Good advice for both parties, come to think of it.

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Johnny Lieu

Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com


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