Country Legend Dolly Parton Raps, Has Message for Miley Cyrus
No, this isn’t any more of a watershed moment in the ongoing incursion of rap into the country format than when Taylor Swift did a faux rap with T Pain called “Thug Story,” exclaiming “I live with my parents, yo.” Country Music Hall of Famer Dolly Parton is good friends with rapper turned daytime stay-at-home personality Queen Latifah, and on a show set to air this Monday (10-21-13), the self-proclaimed “Queen of Dollywood” comes out and does a 90-second rap routine before her interview. Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah recently starred together in the 2012 musical movie Joyful Noise.
Though Dolly’s performance is nothing more than a spoof, it comes at a time when rap is taking dominant role in the country genre, with top male acts like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, and Blake Shelton cutting country rap songs and seeing them climb to the top of the country music charts. Though the 67-year-old Dolly Parton had her part in country’s crossover phase in the early 1980’s, she’s also been one of traditional country’s biggest champions over the years and is revered as a country music queen.
One interesting note about Dolly’s rap routine vis a vis telling Miley Cyrus “I got your ‘wrecking balls’ right here” (in reference to Miley’s latest single), Dolly is Miley Cyrus’s godmother, and the two women are apparently pretty close. Miley has been known to sing Dolly’s hit “Jolene.”
Enjoy….I guess.
October 18, 2013 @ 4:25 pm
Wrecking balls is likely a reference to those FUCKING GIANT tits….I would guess.
October 19, 2013 @ 4:54 am
um yup,… ya reckon?
October 18, 2013 @ 5:23 pm
What the hell did I just watch?
October 18, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
dolly parton can do no wrong so I did enjoy it
October 19, 2013 @ 4:33 am
Yeah that was painful to watch but she’s more than earned the right to do whatever she wants.
October 18, 2013 @ 9:59 pm
Well,she’s no Mc Lyte that’s for sure Ha!
October 19, 2013 @ 5:00 am
GAWD BLESS YA DOLLY! But w-w-w-woe…you don’t owe!
October 19, 2013 @ 8:33 am
It would be repulsive if anyone else did but it’s Dolly so it’s okay in my book. Heck, I even found it amusing.
October 19, 2013 @ 4:16 pm
Not as bad as the Collective Soul song she did!
October 19, 2013 @ 7:38 pm
I love Dolly so much…Such a class act and never takes herself too seriously! 😛
October 20, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
Thats was a class Dolly, she wasnt trying to pretend to be another cross genre artist just a friendly visitor.
October 20, 2013 @ 7:03 pm
I agree. The point was just “ha ha, Dolly Parton is rapping” and not a sign of Parton embracing the monogenre.
That said, it was painful to watch.
October 22, 2013 @ 4:43 am
Dear Dolly, karma just sent you a message via a car wreck in Nashville. Stop rapping, and stop worrying about a young artist doing sexually charged music!
October 23, 2013 @ 9:12 am
Sometimes it’s better to be kind than right. Dolly doesn’t have a mean bone in her body. She’s an original and no one will forget her….ever.
Dolly will always be relevant.
October 24, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
One of the things I have always loved about Dolly is that she never takes herself too seriously. She has the gift of true stage presence and a genuineness that always comes through. Cyrus girl will never have the class or talent that Dolly has.