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It was the most anticipated performance of the night -- and the most ridiculed. The next morning, videos of it were splashed on Web sites like YouTube.com and various blogs, accompanied by catty comments mocking both Federline and his wife.

If the Web world isn't exactly accepting of Federline's rap-star ambitions, the hip-hopsters are even less so.

Elliot Wilson, editor in chief of XXL magazine, called it a "YouTube disaster" -- something to be laughed off in hip-hop circles.

"I just think we ignore him," Wilson said. "He's a joke, basically."

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