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Former Mascot Hip-hop To Return As Part Of Sixers' 2000-01 Team Festivities

Former mascot Hip-Hop to return as part of Sixers' 2000-01 team festivities originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Sixers’ 25th anniversary celebration of their 2000-01 Eastern Conference champion team will include a familiar rabbit face.

The team announced Monday night that Hip-Hop — the Sixers’ acrobatic, trampoline-dunking rabbit mascot between 1998 and 2011 — will return during the 2025-26 season.

The Sixers will “pay tribute to Hip-Hop” at their Nov. 8 game vs. the Raptors and “specific game dates and activations with Hip-Hop will be announced throughout the season,” according to the team’s press release. Hip-Hop will team up with current mascot Franklin the Dog.

As the Sixers’ announcement video highlights, Kyle Lowry said the team should bring back Hip-Hop at media day. Lowry was a Philadelphia teenager during the Sixers’ 2000-01 run to the NBA Finals. He’s now entering his 20th NBA season.

HE’S BACK. ????????
Hip-Hop. Nov. 8. pic.twitter.com/Y5o55uXb6m
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) October 14, 2025

That Nov. 8 game against Toronto is the first of 14 dates on which the Sixers will spotlight the 2000-01 team. They’ll play on a throwback court and wear the much-awaited black uniforms donned by the ’00-01 squad.

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Former Mascot Hip-hop To Return As Part Of Sixers' 2000-01 Team Festivities

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