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In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Donkey Kong's introduction is accompanied by the first part of the DK Rap.

Prior to the film's release, teaser for the film posted on social media confirmed the inclusion of the DK Rap in the film.<ref>[https://twitter.com/supermariomovie/status/1641485445816102920 DK Rap is straight-up (three banana emojis) #SuperMarioMovie]. ''Twitter''.</ref> In the teaser, Donkey Kong's film voice actor [[Seth Rogen]] states that the song is "objectively one of the worst rap songs of all time." Songwriter Grant Kirkhope expressed joy over Twitter upon learning about the song's inclusion in the film,<ref>[https://twitter.com/grantkirkhope/status/1641555322723774464?s=20 If you’d told me in ‘97, when I wrote the worst rap track in the history of rap tracks, that it would go on to be in a Mario Bros movie I’d would’ve burst with excitement! Long live the DK Rap! @Sethrogen]. ''Twitter''.</ref> but was later disappointed in seeing he was not credited as the original composer in the movie's credits.<ref>[https://twitter.com/grantkirkhope/status/1643446092791705600?s=20 I was really looking forward to see my name in the credits for the DK Rap, but alas as expected it's not there ........ fml]. ''Twitter''.</ref>