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| Aired | |
| MTV2, May 22, 2012–December 18, 2012 | |
| Run time | |
| 30 Minutes | |
| Host | |
| Peter Rosenberg | |
| Announcer | |
| DJ Ms. Nix | |
| Origination | |
| Steiner Studios, Brooklyn, New York | |
Hip Hop Squares was a spinoff of Hollywood Squares with a rap/hip hop flavor to it along with becoming "Where the game show, becomes a party". This was produced by Canter/Krank Industries.
Game Format[]
Like its predecessor in Hollywood Squares, Hip Hop Squares is based on the tic-tac-toe format. A win in the first two rounds is worth $500, and is worth $1,000 in round three. The Secret Square takes place in round two and is renamed the "G-Spot" with a $1,000 cash bonus that does not go towards a contestant's score. If time runs out in the middle of a round, each square on the board is worth $100 and the contestant with the higher score wins.
Bonus Round[]
The winning contestant then picks one of the three rows from either the top, middle or bottom, with each celebrity in that row providing an answer to a multiple-choice question (read by Rosenberg). The contestant must pick the celebrity with the correct answer in order to win a $2,500 bonus.
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Trivia[]
After a five year absence, Hip Hop Squares was back on TV in 2017, this time on VH1 with DeRay Davis as host and Ice Cube as executive producer/announcer. In addition, Davis was also a panelists on this version as well (Go to the "See Also" Page for details) this also mirrors to John Davidson where he was also a panelists in the original Hollywood Squares before becoming a host for his version of Squares in the 80s.
This was the first spinoff to feature civilian contestants. Eleven years later, the second spinoff to feature those elements was Celebrity Squares hosted by future former panelist of the 2017 incarnation of Hip Hop Squares D.C. Young Fly that also airs on VH1 since 2023.
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See also: Hip Hop Squares/Episode Guide
See Also[]
The Hollywood Squares
Storybook Squares
The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
Hollywood Squares (1986)
Hollywood Squares (1992 proposed revival)
Planet Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares (1998)
Hollywood Squares (2015 proposed revival)
Hip Hop Squares (2017)
Nashville Squares
Celebrity Squares
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