The Untold Truth Of 'Macho Man' Randy Savage

You might not expect a guy whose nickname is the title of a Village People song to be a rap fan. But the Macho Man "really liked" hip-hop, according to his brother Lanny. Savage "kept up with the lingo" and frequently used phrases like "true dat" to show how with it he was. He also showed it with his 2003 rap album, Be a Man, which is easily the greatest hip-hop composition ever created by a 50-year-old wrestler.

Macho Man Randy Savage didn't reach Eminem levels of creativity, but he slipped in "sly references" to rappers like Ice Cube, Biz Markie, and A Tribe Called Quest. Plus, he kind of sounds like a slightly less angry DMX. The biggest highlight of the album is the title track, "Be a Man," which disses Hulk Hogan. It contains hilarious lyrics like, "Hot diggity damn Hulk I'm glad you set it off" and "Cuz like Rodney Dangerfield you gets no respect."

"Be a Man" might sound like one wrestling great poking fun at another in a musical promo, but the animosity was sincere. In addition to being Hogan's onscreen nemesis, offscreen Savage had more beef with him than a Slim Jim. Hogan had been appearing on the radio show of Bubba the Love Sponge, who loved disparaging Savage's family.