<P> The rap song was released on April 9, 2005 as the lead single from the album on Columbia and WWE Music Group . The song was released as a single on the iTunes Store on June 20, 2011 . </P> <P> The song is widely known as being part of the Internet meme "Unexpected John Cena". </P> <P> Cena made his television debut answering an open challenge by Kurt Angle on June 27, 2002 . In October, Cena and Billy Kidman took part in a tag team tournament to crown the first WWE Tag Team Champions of the SmackDown! brand, losing in the first round . The next week, Cena turned on and attacked Kidman, blaming him for their loss, becoming a villain . Shortly after the Kidman attack, on a Halloween themed episode of SmackDown, Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice performing a freestyle rap . The next week, Cena received a new character: a rapper who cuts promos while rhyming . </P> <P> He performed his own theme song, "Basic Thugonomics", and it was featured on the WWE soundtrack album WWE Originals . He also recorded a song, "Untouchables", for the company's next soundtrack album WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6 . He collaborated on the song H-U-S-T-L-E remix along with Murs, E-40, and Chingo Bling . Cena's debut album, You Can't See Me, was recorded with his cousin Tha Trademarc . </P>

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