Rappin' is a 1985 American film directed by Joel Silberg, written by Adam Friedman and Robert J. Litz, produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus and starring Mario Van Peebles.

[2] Rappin' John Hood (Van Peebles), an ex-convict, attempts to save his neighborhood from developers and hoodlums.

Around the same time, one of the hoodlums' girlfriend, Dixie, persuades him to audition for a rap recording contract.

Mario Van Peebles' raps were overdubbed by Master Gee of the Sugarhill Gang, who also wrote one part,[3] and whose brother Leo plays the role of Allan.

Ice-T's small role is uncredited and he reportedly provided the rhymes, including the hero's climactic lines, "Can't stop / Won't stop / Climbing that mountain 'till we reach the top!