Whaazuup! : 30 Hip Hop Lyrical References To Martin (TV Series)

Martin was must see TV. From 1992-1997, busting a gut off ol’ Marty Mart and his cast of characters was a Thursday night ritual for many in the black community.

It has also become known as one of the hip hop generation’s favorite shows, even featuring cameos from the likes of The Notorious B.I.G., Method Man, Bushwick Bill, Coolio, MC Hammer, Salt-N-Pepper, Snoop Dogg and Christoper “Kid” Reid.

Martin and his crew plus outlandish characters like Bruh Man, Dragonfly Jones, Jerome and Sheneneh Jenkins remain ingrained in hip hop culture to this day, with rappers, old and new, constantly referencing the beloved show in their rhymes.

Here are 30 of our favorite one-liners referencing the best sitcom of the ‘90s.

Martin:

Curren$y
“Double 07”
“My independence remains, ‘cause I aint working for the radio station like Martin Payne.”

J. Cole
“Work Out”
“They be starting Shyte but it’s your world, on my Martin Shyte: You go girl!”

Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God f/ Tommy Whispers
“Game Time”
[Trife] “Why n*ggas wanna Fawk with my bread, like I ain’t starving. When I reign, I leave n*ggas in Payne, but I ain’t Martin.”

J. Cole
“I’m on It”
“They calling me Cole yeah that’s my name, and just like Martin I know that Payne.”

Fabolous featuring Pusha T
“Joke’s On You”
[Fab] “I’m Marty Mart at and auty mar, cute snotty broad, titts like Dolly Part.”

Big Daddy Kane
“Live 95 Freestyle”
“Now that’s that bullShyte nigg*s be saying. Don’t try to act like Martin now with that, ‘I was just playing.’”

Young Chris featuring J. Cole
“Still The Hottest”
[J. Cole] “And yeah I run my own show, n*gga, Martin Lawrence.”

Gina:

T-Pain
“Superstar Lady”
“She got a booty like Serena, thighs like Trina, lips like that chick off that Martin show, Gina.”

J. Cole featuring Kendrick Lamar
Temptation
“She got the bad lips, bad hips, damn shawty, slim waist, Gina face, Pam body.”

Pam:

Drake featuring Lil Wayne
“Miss Me”
[Lil Wayne] “MutherFawker got d*mn, kicking Beyotches out the condo like Pam.”

Kanye West
“H.A.M.”
“I’m kicking Beyotches out like Pam n*gga, we going H.A.M n*gga, me and Jigga.”

Cole:

Field Mob
“Channel 613”
“Told’em gimmie your bread, mayo, cheese and ham, took two sandwiches and stole Cole’s Grand Am.”

J. Cole
“Return of Simba”
“Mamma hands together like 6:30, And Cole keep a thick b*itch I like to call Big Shirley.”

Tommy:

Chevy P
“So Lonely”
“You came up easy never had it hard. Like Tommy on Martin you ain’t never had a job.”

Kendrick Lamar featuring J. Cole
“Temptation”
“Beg ya pardon, don’t blow job, she no jobs like Tommy from Martin.”

Dragonfly Jones:

Ice Cube featuring K-Dee
“Make It Ruff, Make It Smooth”
[K-Dee] “Don’t let the smooth Isht fool ya, ‘cause I can get it on; ‘cause I be breakin bones like Dragonfly Jones.”

Hustle Man:

Lil Wayne
“Believe That”
“Y’all can’t hear me, this a Def Jam, call me Russell, man. I played on Martin, call me hustle, man.”

T.I
“Rubberband Man”
“Grand Hustle, man. More hustles than Hustle Man.”

Sheneneh:

Das Racist
“HAHAHAHA JK?”
No way way, no, bebe, that’s eighteen years like ‘Ye say. Too much to pay-pay, sweatin’ me like Sheneneh.”

Bruh Man:

Nelly, Ali, Gube Thug
Down In Da Water
[Gube Thug]“I’m from the land of kick do’s, where niggaz come through your window with pistols like Bruh Man off the fifth flo.’”

Chamillionaire
“You Must Be Crazy”
“I’m like Bruh Man on the fifth flo,’ ‘cept I’m comin in through the front do’ I ain’t gotta use the window.”

50 Cent
“Poor Lil Rich”
“I’m real bloody man, the hood love me man, don’t make me show up in ya crib like Bruh Man.”

Jerome:

Beanie Sigel
“Freestyle”
“I put your face on milk cartons. Beenie Mack smoother than Jerome on Martin.”

Roscoe:

Mariah Cary featuring Nick Minaj
“Up Out My Face” Remix
[Nicki] “Top do’s, we break like Taco. Roscoe’s on his knees with the snot nose.”

J. Cole
“Rags To Riches”
“Regardless of where God lead us, just know that I was Martin and you was my Gina.”

Meth, Ghost, Rae
[Meth]“Our Dreams”
“We go together like Martin and Gina, but she get uptight want to fight like Ike and Tina.”

Kanye West
“Flashing Lights”
“Feeing like Katrina with no FEMA, like Martin with no Gina.”

Lil Kim
“Chillin’ Tonight”
“Some Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, a little Anita, in the bed laughin’ at Martin and Gina.”

Diggy Simmons
“Copy Paste”
“I make a mean bag, Don Cartagena. Yeah you know what’s up, Martin, Tommy, Gina.”

Lil Wayne
“Streets Is Watching”
“I’m a east sider rider, whoa kemosabe, bitches get to stepping like Cole, Gina, Tommy.”