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If somebody could please tell us why this video is called "Fresh Prince of West Philadelphia," we'd be oh-so-grateful.

We've never heard of Toronto-based rapper Shad, but his deep and abiding love for a Philadelphia cultural icon means we need to send you over to Torontoist right now.

5. After kidnapping her two children, Britney Spears goes on the lam before being finally caught in Old City, Philadelphia, attempting to stuff her sons into the Liberty Bell. Seems she thought it was a ride of some sort.

On stage, Regan J Farquhar wears a plain pink shirt with white block lettering that says, “Sorry, the underground happened 10 years ago.” In between songs, he sways gently from the stage rafters with his eyes closed and his head back in the midst of an impromptu freestyle. Riding high/spiting/rolling by rushing on this suck and jive/Busdrive/shit. Jumping into a bouncy beat something like Kanye, Mia and a rave, he moans into the microphone, stumbles...

As the world holds its breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning.

- Remember a few weeks back when the news was that the rate of violent crime in the city seemed to be abating? Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. A 19 year-old was shot and killed in South Philly early Thursday morning, and a 92 year-old man was stabbed to death in his NE Philly apartment on Wednesday.

Although was set in, well, Bel-Air, three words near the beginning of the theme song ("Innnnnnnn West Philadelphia...") have been reason enough to appropriate it for our fair city. Everyone knows all the words. Everyone remembers the opening credits. But frankly, not enough people have tried to recreate it. We give these kids props for trying.

"a compilation featuring twenty Philadelphia artists covering Philadelphia musicians past and present," and among the tunage is a cover of said Hall & Oates song by Method and Result.