Subject: Travis Barker

• Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

  By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or two in 2008. Here are the most preposterous rap songs of 2008. RICK ROSS, FEATURING T-PAIN "The Boss" (Def Jam) Though Rick Ross claimed on his debut album, Port of Miami, to know

  December 16, 2008

• Cannonball Gum

  July 30, 2008

• Daring duos! Ladytronners Mira Aroyo and Reuben Wu! DJ AM and Travis Barker! GZA and DJ Muggs!

  November 16, 2005

• Track of the Day: Hit Me on Twitter by Mistah F.A.B.

  Man, two great local videos in two days. Mistah F.A.B's "Hit Me On Twitter" is the best slow jam ode to the Tweets and streets of Oakland. Sign up for his Twitter feed and you'll join followers (who make cameos in this clip) like Mc Hammer, Travis Barker, and Roscoe. Sample line, "I'm stuck on Twitter/If I see a girl I'm a go get her." Sample shout out: to Twitter, of course, since like F.A.B., their stars rose outta the Bay.

  August 4, 2009