History Main / AWildRapperAppears

** The extended version of ''Berry in the Big City'''s theme song has a rap break in the middle by Huckleberry Pie. The full version of the song "Berry Best Friends Forever" also features another rap break sung by Huckleberry Pie.

* Averted with everything from rock band [[Music/ZebraheadBand Zebrahand]], for which rapper Ali Tabatabaee is actually one of the two vocalists in the band and his rapping is just part of [[PunkRap their style]].

* During the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' episode "Beat the Band" Strawberry's band plays a song. It's mostly pop except for the random rap portions mainly provided by TheOneGuy Huckleberry.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Music/BeastieBoys show up during [[Recap/FuturamaS1E9HellIsOtherRobots "Hell is Other Robots"]] to deliver a few lines about what awaits Bender in Level 5 of Robot Hell.

* "You're Welcome" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' contains Maui rapping near the end. It isn't so obvious (especially since Maui sings the rest of the song too), however the version by Jordan Fisher and Lin-Manuel makes it more obvious that it's a rap.

* The 2023 track "un x100to" ( "Un Porciento", i.e. 1%) is mostly Mexican cumbia/Norteño ballad by Tejano band Grupo Frontera, but includes an extended reggaeton-style rap by Music/BadBunny (which is how it hit the top of the Latin charts).

* Inverted in the case "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X, where X who is a rapper, sings the whole song and is then interrupted which a rap-like verse by Billy Ray Cyrus

* In an episode of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', a trio of local villagers come out of nowhere and start rapping about recent events, and then leave equally abruptly, leaving the protagonists just as confused as the viewer.

* The full version of Ryuko's {{Leitmotif}} from ''Anime/KillLaKill'', "Before My Body Runs Dry", features one. Unlike some examples, it's actually relevant: if you listen to the lyrics closely, the rap bridge is actually from the POV of Senketsu!

* The ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' tie-in song "Pokémon Go!" (completely unrelated to the mobile game) was written to celebrate its 10th anniversary, and contains a sudden rap bridge in the middle. Interestingly, the ninth season (''Battle Frontier'') uses the rap portion as its ending theme without any hint of the rest of the song.

* Who could forget the rapping dog in ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn''? The moment [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment appears out of nowhere without any foreshadowing and is never mentioned again]].

** "Black or White" (''Music/{{Dangerous}}'') features a rap bridge by RecordProducer Bill Bottrell, under the pseudonym "L.T.B."[[note]]Bottrell intended to have the verse re-recorded with a well-known professional rapper, but Michael liked how his demo sounded, so it stayed a PermanentPlaceholder.[[/note]] The video has ''Creator/MacaulayCulkin'' lip-sync this part.

** R & B/ New Jack Swing group Full Force have a few songs featuring a distinctively high-voiced rapper identified in {{singer name drop}}s as E-Coff, but he's most likely just one of the regular members putting on a different voice with the aid of studio effects: "E-Coff"'s contributions are never listed in album credits, he's never appeared anywhere but in Full Force songs, and in the music video for "Ain't My Type Of Hype" he's portrayed as [[RogerRabbitEffect an animated character dancing alongside the group]].

* Music/SamSmith's "I'm Not The Only One" has a remix featuring A$ap Rocky, who sings the intro and bridge of the song.

* Kevin Rudolf has this in many of his songs, but it's justified due to him being formerly signed to Cash Money Records and having associated with the guest rappers in the past. It doesn't make their appearances any less sudden, like with Music/LilWayne on "Let It Rock" and RickRoss on "Welcome to the World". Often the lyrics of the rapping don't have any association with the rest of the song.

* "Electronic Pleasure" by [[NTrance N-Trance]].

* Parodied on the song "Pop Song" by Music/JonLajoie
-->''And now the [[LampshadeHanging token rap verse]] that doesn't make any sense''
-->''But helps me get a small percentage of the urban music market''
* "Lost+" by Music/{{Coldplay}}, courtesy of Music/JayZ.

** "Hailie's Song", likewise, is mostly sung by Marshall, in a [[EndearinglyDorky cutely off-key whine]]. He then switches to a rap at the end (starting it with an apology, saying singing is hard).

* Music/MichaelJackson [[ItWillNeverCatchOn thought that rap wouldn't catch on, according to Quincy Jones]], back in TheEighties. Once he was proven wrong, wild rappers became a mainstay on his albums.

** Interestingly, one of Khalifa's own songs features this. "See You Again feat. Charlie Puth" begins with a somber piano and vocals by Puth, before having multiple sections where Khalifa raps. The disconnect is strong enough that there's a version that omits Khalifa entirely that gets ample radio play (mainly on adult contemporary stations).

* DMusic/DemiLovato

* Music/MileyCyrus

** Miley Cyrus' hip-hop-influenced pop album, ''Bangerz'', contains raps by Music/{{Future}}, French Montana, Music/{{Nelly}}, BigSean, Music/{{Ludacris}} and Miley herself.

* Averted with everything from rock band Music/ZebraheadBand, for which rapper Ali Tabatabaee is actually one of the two vocalists in the band and his rapping is just part of [[PunkRap their style]].

* Music/{{K-pop}} loves this trope to the point where nearly every song has a rap break and every group has a designated rapper included in the lineup.

* Deee-Lite's signature song "Groove is in The Heart" features Q-Tip of Music/ATribeCalledQuest.

* Music/{{Blackstreet}}'s biggest hit, "No Diggity", features Music/DrDre and Music/QueenPen.

* Subverted in "Rapture" by Music/{{Blondie}}, although considered an UrExample. Instead of someone else rapping in her song, Debbie Harry does it herself. Even when they had Coolio appear on "No Exit", they dodged having a true example of this trope - both Debbie Harry ''and'' Coolio were rapping in the verses.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': The Music/BeastieBoys show up during [[Recap/FuturamaS1E9HellIsOtherRobots "Hell is Other Robots"]] to deliver a few lines about what awaits Bender in Level 5 of Robot Hell.

* In what's probably the only example of this trope (so far) occurring in a SymphonicMetal song, Music/WithinTemptation's "And We Run" features a rap bridge by Xzibit. This actually caught the band some flak before the release of ''Hydra'' ("Pimp My Metal" jokes were fairly common for a while), although that subsided once the album came out and people finally listened to the actual song.

For those looking for background information on the hows and whys of this trope, Slate's "Hit Parade" podcast did an [[http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2018/07/featured_artists_weren_t_always_a_staple_of_the_pop_charts.html an entire episode]] on the history of rappers appearing as guest performers pop songs.

* Music/PetShopBoys' "Thursday" is a disco/house song, with Example rapping over the bridge.

* PsychedelicRock group Vanilla Fudge’s 2015 cover of Motown standard “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” contains an extremely out of place rap verse. It comes across as jarring because not only is the rap verse somewhat amateurish and close to spoken word, the band and their sound predate the origin of hip hop itself.

* Averted with everything from rock band Music/{{Zebrahead}}, for which rapper Ali Tabatabaee is actually one of the two vocalists in the band and his rapping is just part of [[PunkRap their style]].