Rapper's Ball

"Rappers' Ball"
Single by E-40 featuring Too $hort and K-Ci
from the album Tha Hall of Game
Released	September 18, 1996 (1996-09-18)
Recorded	1996
Studio	Pajama Studios (Oakland, CA)
Genre	West Coast hip-hop R&B
Length	5:27
Label	Sick Wid' It Jive
Songwriters	Earl Stevens Todd Shaw Cedric Hailey Anthony Banks
Producer	Ant Banks
E-40 singles chronology
"Scandalous" (1996) "Rappers' Ball" (1996) "Things'll Never Change" (1997)
Too $hort singles chronology
"Gettin' It" (1996) "Rappers' Ball" (1996) "Call Me" (1997)
K-Ci singles chronology
"How Could You" (1996) "Rappers' Ball" (1996) "You Bring Me Up" (1997)
Music video
"Rapper's Ball" on YouTube

"Rappers' Ball" is a song co-written and performed by American rappers E-40 and Too $hort and American R&B singer K-Ci. It was released on September 18, 1996 via Sick Wid' It/Jive Records as the lead single from E-40's third full-length solo studio album Tha Hall of Game. Co-written and produced by Ant Banks, the song contains a portion of Too $hort's 1985 composition "Playboy Short".

Charting in the United States as a b-side of the album's second single "Things'll Never Change", "Rappers' Ball" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 40 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, number 4 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 26 on the Dance Singles Sales charts.

An accompanying music video was filmed on July 13, 1996 by Eric Haywood. Beside E-40, Too $hort and K-Ci, B-Legit, Joe Clair, Mack 10 and Richie Rich among others provided cameo appearances. 2Pac, who also made a cameo appearance in the music video, winks at the camera when E-40 rapped in his verse "Don't buy an $85,000 car before you buy a house", making reference to the Notorious B.I.G. owning expensive cars but still not having purchased his own home. The music video was released for the week ending on September 1, 1996.