Today, on November 19th, Phillies slugger and 2008 MVP runner-up Ryan Howard celebrates his 29th birthday. To honor this occasion, an assortment of entertainers from the music industry decided to film their own unique happy birthday messages via YouTube. Don’t ask me why, just watch.

First up is the abstract poetic, better known as Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. Listen as the Queens native attempts to lure Big Brown to play for his home town squad Metros. Personally, I’m not too fond of this idea:

After the jump, two more videos wishing Howard a happy 29th from Dr. Jason Seaver’s crooner offspring and the Terror Squad’s in-house producer, DJ Khaled…

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