Hip Hop (mascot)

Hip Hop was the mascot of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team from January 1998 to November 2011.

A rabbit character, Hip Hop usually entertained Sixers fans during halftime and time-outs by performing acrobatic slam dunks from a trampoline, often over an item or person, such as a motorcycle, a Sixer Dancer, a fan, or a ladder.

Hip Hop was portrayed by Bill Roth, a former United States men's national artistic gymnastics team member who won a gold and two silver medals at the 1995 Pan American Games.

It was revealed Hip Hop would not be returning post lockout under new Sixers ownership.

Hip Hop was eventually replaced with Franklin the Dog, the Sixers' current mascot, from February 2015 onward.