90's rap sensation Da Brat had spent years tantalizing us with her sexy curves and bumps in suggestive music videos. So while there was already a bratwurst in our briefs over the hip-hop antics of Da Brat, it was a skin-sational day when the first female rapper to ever go platinum also decided to try her hand at a film career. The former Shawntae Harris started out by playing herself in the Shaquille O’Neal vehicle Kazaam(1996). Of course we all want to rub Da Brat the right way, but unfortunately we didn't get much skin in this genie epic. Her first dramatic role was in the Mariah Carey bomb Glitter(2001). While her time on the silver screen was sputtering, things got real when Da Brat’s declining career landed her on the 2005 season of the VH1 reality series The Surreal Life. Sure, most of the time was spent bickering with former Go-Go Jane Weidlin, but Da Brat turned our pants into pop stars when her bra nearly went gone-gone while showing her underwear to her housemates. It did feel surreal to finally get a glimpse of Da Brat's twins after years of waiting patiently, but it was a short-lived victory for skin aficionados. Da Brat then dipped her nips back into the television waters in the hit series Empire(2015) and Star(2017). We at Mr. Skin pray to the hip-hop gods that Da Brat starts getting naughtier and more revealing in her career, but our prayers have gone unanswered in recent years.
