Comedian, musician, and Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Jonah Ray had the idea to take some of “Weird Al” Yankovic‘s best-known parody songs, use only the lyrics and write new melodies for them. He ...

Q: I just watched the video "Amish Paradise" by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The song is a parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. One of the Amish women looks familiar. Who is she? --- C.F., Carson City, ...

Between The Meltdown, his podcast, and hosting the Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot, Jonah Ray won’t ever have to worry about his nerd cred. Thanks to his newest project it’s about to go up even ...

A man "hijacked" the TV at an Amish restaurant and used it to blast out Weird Al Yankovic's parody song Amish Paradise. Angelica Smith, who describes herself as a "Christian, wife, mom and musician," ...

As far as hip-hop beefs go, Coolio vs. “Weird Al” Yankovic was, well, one of the weirder ones. The back-and-forth stemmed from Coolio’s 1995 hit “Gangsta’s Paradise” and Yankovic’s parody from the ...

"I apologized to Weird Al a long time ago and I was wrong," Coolio recently said about his initial reaction to the hit parody Weird Al Yankovic is paying tribute to late rapper Coolio following his ...