Filed Under: What’s Cookin? Food Raps

Ice cream, pancakes, and bagels may not sound very gangster in their literal form, but the latest stop-motion short from production duo BankShot makes the food do the talkin’ to classic lines from Biggie Smalls, Raekwon, Q-Tip, Method Man, and more notable rappers. Sponsored by LRG, this video serves up some platinum marketing. 

Want rappers boiled down to one phrase, a laugh and yes a “Brrr”?  The Rap Board is a new one-off website that does just that. Click on your favorite rappers face to hear their catch-phrase. With the simple design, clean interface and with the app coming out soon, we could see this going viral faster than a Diddy giggle. 

Filed Under: Rep Your Set

Rap is coming back in a big way right now for Gen Y influencers, with some big changes in rap culture brewing with new up and comers like Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky and the Weirdo rap movement. One big step in a different direction for rap is what Fat Joe had to say in a recent interview, “It’s 2011 going on 2012. I think if you’re gay rep your set.” With this single interview, some are saying that it’s now safe to come out in the rap community- a huge movement forward and a perhaps a harbinger of the diversity that Gen Y rappers could be bringing to the table.