"Ghetto Supastar" came out in 1998 and featured on the soundtrack to the movie Bullworth. It was Pras Michel's only hit record following his time in the Fugees. I was eleven at the time this song was released and I still love every second of it. It's built around the tune of "Islands in the Stream" and features contributions from Mya and two verses from O.D.B.
When the whole crew performed the hit at the '98 (or was it '99?) MTV VMAs, sparks quite literally flew. O.D.B. steals the show with some truly unexpected vibrato vocal stylings (check it out, the guy was actually doing some opera shit). The climax comes right at the end of the performance, when Pras has to grab the inebriated MC and pull him off of a grate near the front of the stage. Fireworks come flying up from that exact spot two seconds later. The first clip below is the VMAs performance, the second is the song's now classic original video.
VMAs:
Original vid:
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