Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, hip-hop star? [Video]

By Chuck Schilken

Aug. 27, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Say what you want about Jerry Jones -- he’s a great team owner, he meddles too much in the Dallas Cowboys coaches’ business, he spent way too much on that palace of a stadium, he built one heck of an amazing stadium ... whatever you want.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Just don’t say he’s a good rapper. Please. I beg of you. Even if you’re joking. We don’t want to encourage more commercials like the Papa John’s spot above.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The advertisement is a follow-up to what was apparently a successful Papa John’s bit featuring Jones, or at least his likeness, &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knyMRGVSsE4”&amp;gt;break dancing&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. But this hip-hop commercial is Jones all the way. After all, if they were going to fake it, you’d think they’d get someone with at least a little rhythm.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Obviously, the whole thing is done with tongue firmly planted in cheek. It shows that Jones has a sense of humor about himself -- and it actually is kind of funny. He even establishes a bit of street cred -- OK, that’s going a little overboard, but he does use the word “yo” twice and employs some old school hip-hop poses.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;And, unlike other people who had no business trying to rap but did so anyway, Jones doesn’t embarrass himself by &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYduJw5LyFM”&amp;gt;attempting to rhyme&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; “soy latte” with “double shottie” (Madonna), rewriting “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyXtF86VVA”&amp;gt; hip-hop style&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; (the “Saved by the Bell” gang), &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0WELUxl7gc”&amp;gt;rapping the alphabet&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; (Elmo) or convincing himself he’s an &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE”&amp;gt;actual rapper&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; (Vanilla Ice).&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;But, still ... let’s not encourage him.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”http://ukobiw.net/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-terrell-owens-20120827,0,4340466.story”&amp;gt;Is Terrell Owens’ &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;NFL&amp;lt;a href=”http://ukobiw.net/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-terrell-owens-20120827,0,4340466.story”&amp;gt; career over? [Poll]&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”http://ukobiw.net/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-nfl-report-20120826,0,2450179.story”&amp;gt;Detroit’s Matthew Stafford injures non-throwing hand&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”http://ukobiw.net/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-tavaris-jackson-vince-young-20120827,0,5751086.story”&amp;gt;Looks like Tarvaris Jackson is in, &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT00008903”&amp;gt;Vince Young&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”http://ukobiw.net/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-tavaris-jackson-vince-young-20120827,0,5751086.story”&amp;gt; out in Buffalo&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, hip-hop star? [Video]

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