Sorry to confuse any UK rap fans, but the Parker Lewis I’m referring to isn’t in fact the British MC/producer who provided the beat for the first song on Fishscale (Lewis Parker), but the name of the lead character from that TV show that tried to recreate the whole Ferris Buellers Day Off vibe. In what must have been a slow news month at The Source, Matty C reported that the star of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose shocked the crowd at Ed Lover‘s birthday party with some “impressive” mic skills. All I’ve got to say is that Corky Nemic has to one of the whitest names ever.
Why am I bringing this pointless bit of trivia up years later? Well it seems that MF “got ebay goin’ nuts” Doom was in attendance, as he explains on the awesome “Black Bastards!”:
It was Ed Lover’s birthday party, a block from the spot
On stage I heard some off-beat “Lick shot! Lick shot!”
Well goddamn, guess who, looking bitchy as hell
Parker Lewis, well well, I brings an L
I gave him a “Beef Beef” look, he acted like he couldn’t tell
I guess that was the sucker in him, ready set to swell
But Jorge said it was insane, advice to maintain
but damn it has to be hard, the way they master how to act black
Fall off the funky track to rock the house in vein
As we sat with Kuriosity and sipped champagne
Not really much of a beef, but funny shit regardless.
KMD – Black Bastards! [Black Bastards, Readyrock, 2001]
i never really caught that lyric, and i definitely never heard about this. ha
anyone cop that ep he came out with Larry Kubiac…
shit was straight barbeque.
I remember hearing about this but never heard it actually. As far as the MF Bafoon I never knew that there was slight beef. Sounds like a little jealousy to me. Since MF wasn’t really poppin around that error like he is now. Wasn’t this before his dead bent single?
It was recorded in 1994 when KMD was still signed to Elektra, so I doubt jealousy was involved. It seems like it was a case of Doom not being too keen on guys named “Corky” and “Skip” trying to be hardcore rappers and in the process trying to “act Black”.
Best. Post. Ever.
yo – I know this will be ignorant, but I thought the KMD follow up EP never came out? how can I be down?
Black Bastards was an LP Mad Wax and it finally was given a commercial release 5 years ago or so. You need to track it down and get a late pass.
Great post… I knew Nemec had rapping aspirations (so did 2 other twerpy white tv actors of the 90s: david faustino and brian austin greene) but I didn’t know about the Ed Lover party… Line makes more sense now.
Let me join the chorus: great fucking post. That’s some hilarious shit.
Ms. Musso would’ve caught the dick. Treach and Party Arty have also mentioned my man Parker Lewis.
“Black bastards” is from ’93 not ’94.
That song the similar monikered fellow did is easily the best song on the Ghostface
Hah–I always thought he was using “Parker Lewis” as a general slang term for us white-folk. (Kind of like Goodie Mob’s use of the name ‘Clampett’)
Anyway–Parker Lewis actually rapped on some Ed Lover stage show at MTV Spring Break around 1992 or so. I thought it was a joke when Ed Lover was like, “Hey Cory I heard you can rap.” But then Cory grabbed the mic and was dead serious when kicking some fairly awful rhymes live on stage in Florida somewhere as I recall.
…another gas face victim!
I remember him sounding somewhat decent, at least compared to what you’d expect..
Also Parker Lewis was dope, they need to put that out on DVD.
i only wish i coulda heard this idiots lyrics, i bet they was wackest, too bad mf didn’t rock the mask back then or else he coulda hit him in the jaw with it and sent him back to t.v. land where corky could bite ferris’ style again.
I ciggedy can’t lose like Parker Lewis-Das EFX
ha ha
I forget about that Zev rhyme…
“I gave him a “Beef Beef” look, he acted like he couldn’t tell
I guess that was the sucker in him, ready set to swell”
Classic Post
Classic Shit
Thanks Robbie, I think i still have that Source mag and article somewhere.
great insight robbie
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Parker Lewis Can’t Lose was slightly bootlegg Ferris Bueller but I used to watch it.
Parker Lewis is just a kid who likes hiphop and gets a “Beef Beef look” because he is white !!!
Shit is ridiculous,mad ignorant for people to react this way. MF Doom should’ve questioned
MC Serch for being too black, DUH !!!!
i guess not.
Yo, son changed his name to Corin I believe
Your blog is my ultimate joint
I am respectfully requesting the issue and page number of this article… I lost my ish years ago and I’m writing a wiki article.
Thanks!
Dont u idiots realise that nemic actually put out a cd with paul mooneys kid? Faustino used to rap witb michael rappaport.fuck u guys r stupid.
LL vs. PMD on ‘rampage’. Who’s verse is the best?
R.I.P. Zev Love X R.I.P. MF DOOM