Beloved actor Tom Hanks’ aspiring hip-hop star son faced a barrage of ridicule this week for his use of rapper slang. Chet Haze AKA Chester Hanks got into a Twitter brawl with a former rapper named Jensen Karp starting on Sunday. The hilarious exchange between actor scion and quick-witted rapper had no official winner, but it highlighted the rift between Haze’s gangster online persona and affluent upbringing. Chester 'Chet' Hanks (left), the son of Oscar winner Tom Hanks got into an hilarious Twitter fight with comedic rapper Jensen Karp (right) that began over Hanks' liberal use of rapper slang Fishwrapper.com points out that it all started because of a tweet that Haze, whose mother is actress Rita Wilson, wrote on November 26 about an open mic he planned to attend near LA’s Fairfax High School.
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Chester Hanks AKA Chet Haze is the son of Oscar winning actor Hanks and Rita Wilson
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Hanks was raised in tony Brentwood, California but uses urban slang on Twitter and hopes to one day gain success as a hip hop star
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Former comedic rapper Jensen Karp AKA Hot Karl ridiculed Hanks this week, pointing out that he was born into wealth to the guy from Castaway
Even saying "swagger" should be illegal for a kid raised in @placeholder,’ Karp wrote.
More than just a ‘@placeholder nerd,’ Karp is an accomplished rapper under the name Hot Karl.