Showing All "Fake Rap" Posts

Heaven Just Got A Little More John Updike
Jan 27th, 2009 10 Comments
John Updike has died of lung cancer at the age of 76. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who looked deep into the dark heart of our modern malaise. There are plenty of places on the internet to…   Read Story »
Tracing The History Of Fake Rap: Wendy's Training Video
Jan 9th, 2009 12 Comments
One aspect of fake rap that we haven't addressed yet is just how fucking depressing it is. We can make our fancy Pitchfork arguments about how it treats a mature musical genre as a childish joke,…   Read Story »
"The Credit Mack Daddy" Totally Went To My Church
Jan 8th, 2009 6 Comments
Our pal Cajun Boy sent over this shameful, shining example of White People Co-opting Black Culture: a local commercial featuring "The Credit Mack Daddy," who will give the citizens of Southern…   Read Story »
Even Fake Rap About Gossip Girl Must Be Stopped
Jan 6th, 2009 8 Comments
As yesterday's Super Broker Shuffle proved, the fake rap situation is not quite as cut-and-dry as, for example, the gay marriage question. This has a lot to do with fake rap being stupid and…   Read Story »
Tracing The History Of Fake Rap: The El Paso Police Department
Dec 11th, 2008 14 Comments
One of the worst things in the history of things is when someone tries to talk to you in what they think is "your language," because it's never "your language." It comes out sounding like a mean…   Read Story »
These Kids Rapping About The Election To T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" Are The Best
Oct 23rd, 2008 8 Comments
As you know, the campaign to end fake rap is needed more badly than ever before. Not only have the Ed McMahon advertisements for FreeCreditReport emerged as a major new threat to our desire to see…   Read Story »
The End Fake Rap Movement Suffers A Stunning Defeat
Oct 17th, 2008 2 Comments
Ouch. Shit just got real. Maybe you guys think this is just a joke. We will see who is laughing when Fake Rap is PRESIDENT! (What?) I don't know how much more plainly I can put this: fake rap needs…   Read Story »
The End Fake Rap Movement: Global Outreach
Oct 9th, 2008 Comment
I can understand why maybe the international community wasn't fired up about the news that Ed McMahon was going to be producing fake raps for FreeCreditReport.com. It didn't seem like it would affect…   Read Story »
Tracing The History Of Fake Rap: Mr. T.
Oct 6th, 2008 11 Comments
"Rap is a way of saying 'knock knock.'" "Who's there?" "It's me. Open the door and listen to what I've got to say." [ED. NOTE: no, it's not.] (thanks for the tip, Edith) The People's Movement to…   Read Story »
The End Fake Rap Movement Needs Your Help
Sep 25th, 2008 Comment
In early August, buried in a post about a horrible Large Hadron Collider video in which scientists in science coats made a rap about their experiment, I declared that it was time to put an end to…   Read Story »