Def Poetry Jam - Dante Basco - Nikki' 

"How was your night Prince Zuko?" *slams door* "...it was nice."

Been over 13 years and i still come back to this

This poem NEVER gets old. i remember watching Hook, then American Dragon Jake Long, and i was like OH SHIT! then Avatar The Last Air Bender came out and i was like DOUBLE SHIT! i LOVE Dante Basco-3

Rufio Jake Long Zuko Kewl breeze and hopefully Marshal Lee. I've almost lost count of how many times I've fallen in love with this guy. He in part of my childhood.

"Until we ca...arrived..." lol love this poem

Zuko's not gonna get his honour back this way.

I swear I still love him. He’s still super awesome

Tenderlyyyy

Still my favorite poem. I'm 28 but been listening to this before age 20.

"I once you a girl named nikki, i guess you could say she was a sex fiend" - Prince, Darling Nikki Lyrics...

Oh man, now I'm thinking of Zuko talking like this lol awesome

Me: It’s Dante Basco, he is performing his own poem! My Mind: Fire Lord Zuko describing the conceiving of Izumi.

NO WAY. BASCO DOES POETRY!? This... This is new. Respect just went up. Way. Way. Way, way up.

My english teacher made us watch this and I was like 'this guy. his voice. sounds familiar...' lol. this was amazing though!

that's not zuko, thats Jake Long the American Dragon!

Am I the only one who finds this poem profound in a way? There is a pure primal image in here,

Uncle, I don't need tea, I need my honor

"now let me continue. i want to get in you well lemme slow down. see the show ends and she comes to talk to me and of course i play the shy role and she bites so and yo! you dont even know the half of it. see she wind up at my crib to see if i could take a stab at it!" i was like WHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAA lmao i am obsessed

RUUUUUUFIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I loved him then ( i still CROW) lol only 90' s kids would know this 1 R.i.p the legend and honorary mcee( master of ceremonies) Robin Williams

never been more thankful to be named nikki ily zuko!

Really Zuko, Nikki? Mai won't be happy...

What's Zuko doing at a strip club?

I love how sometimes when he speaks (or any voice actor for that matter) when he speaks/say certain words I can picture their character saying it...I'm not talking about this anything...

🎶 tenderly

Must... resist... Using clips from avatar to overlay this performance. *opens Video editing program* Not... resisting... well!

I am in love with his voice. Its so sexy!! :P

i know this entire poem by heart. i torture the hell outta my friend with it! she hates it but i loooooooooooooooooooooove it!!!! lmao

i love his vioce

Omg hearing this voice then seeing Zukos face LMAO

That VOICE, though...

Did anyone else besides me picture Zuko standing on the stage talking or was it just me? :x

poetry is amazing

Sokka took Zuko one night to the poetry club in ba sing se just to see how bad he would do for some laughs but instead realized he can spit bars better than him and the attendees and basically anyone

How did no one bust out laughing after the ✨🎶tenderly🎶✨

Oh snap i just realized he was on Moesha !!!!

He also plays in "Blood and Bone"

@soso694 Dante also played Rufio in the movie Hook (directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams and Julia Roberts). .

So unexpectedly good...

hes awesome! wish he made more poem!

I love this. :)

Poetry is almost like Rapping to me...Dante Did great bro!!!

I'm imagining Zuko but with Rufio's clothing. How... wonderful.

Love this one.

I really freaken love him. my god. please, just marry me.

hey the banished prince is pretty good rapper lol

Rufio! Rufio! Rufio!

American Dragon Jake Long/Prince Zuko is a great poet.

Saw a Dante Basco appreciation post and had to revisit this

@Cmony12 Haha, I actually know him from Hook. F'ing love that movie. So basically my Basco-Roller-Coaster's been like HOOK, AVATAR, POETRY. Good coaster. Goooood coaster.

@Racization yeah! I'm thinking, 'Zuko, since when did you talk slang?' lol. I'm a bit of a Zuko fangirl. Or rather a "whatever the hell Dante Basco voices/plays" fangirls. But damn he has a sexy voice...

really, man i love him to be in adventure time

Wonderful.

IF THERE WAS A WAY TO LIKE THIS MORE THAN ONCE

Rufio, Jake long, Zuko, General iroh -3 Yes, please (;

love it

Dante basco, From the debut!

he would be a perfect voice actor for him to!

i would kill to sound like him

THIS IS ZUKO FROM AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER

He unleashed his inner AmDrag... Nobody's replacing him, EVER!

t e n d e r l y

I first saw him on the Fresh Prince.

Zuko? What's up with you bro? XD

Lol its zukko from avatar!!

Wow ...

RUFFI-O! RUFFI-O! RUFFI-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!. this was an ill story

Amazing

RUFIOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn, I wanna be Nikki.

That's the one I play on Blood and Bone

io love him it a passion

omfg its zuko hahaha he looks like zuko after zuko cut his hair and ACTUALLY got some colo in his skin

Cna I marry this dude o.o ILYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

@vvvsaravvv If you mean "Hook" with Robin Williams then yea

kinda crazy..just found out this dude was the one who created the concept for Def Poetry

RUFIO!

Hey look its Zuko

Zuko!

Aw!

OOOOOOOOHHHHH

holy shit is that zukko from the avatar

@jshirkey56 I'm in love with his voice

RUFIO.....RUFIO.....RUFIO

I think Zuko voices him

Ge-nius!

I LOVE YOU!!!!

american dragon dragon up

RUFIO RUFIO RO. FI.. OHHHHHHH

❤

Me: when rufio : reads the poem to me :

But don't judge her. Or me. It's just a place I've been.

God damn Zuko trying to be like the big boys eh

he needs to regain his honor

powerful

ZUKO!!!!!

RUFIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Duude he's from But I'm a cheerleader! LMAO!

fart at 2:08 LMFAO!

this is so good! annnnnd his voice is so sexy! :) ((Zuko)) Lol

He's both