MTV launching Rapping With The Stars...

By: Barbara Sharnak

MTV is hoping to score the next celebrity-reality show hit by launching Rapping With the Stars. A development deal is in the works for the show, which would pair celebrities with hip-hop artists to compete in rap-related challenges.

Guiliana DePandi from E! and Paul Miller from RickMill Productions are being considered as members of the 'hip hop panel' that will judge the weekly competition.

ABC scored a mega hit with the format on Dancing With The Stars, but Fox failed last year when it attempted Singing With The Celebrities.