It reads like a who’s who of today’s biggest names in the music. Joey Bada$$ has converted a poem penned by Kanye West about McDonald’s into rap format, with the original poem published in Frank Ocean’s new online zine.
Backtracking just a tiny bit, last week saw the musical world go into meltdown over the release of a collection of new Frank Ocean content. The most significant of these was the release of his long-awaited new album Blonde, which you can read our full breakdown of here.
Also released last week was a visual album titled Endless, alongside a new zine named Boys Don’t Cry, what we originally thought would be the new album title.
It is here that we pick up our story.
One of the highlights of the zine was Kanye’s contribution, titled The McDonalds Man, effectively sparking mass cravings for fatty food throughout the internet.
KANYE WROTE A RAP ABOUT MCDONALDS FOR FRANK'S MAGAZINE, IM DEAD pic.twitter.com/qdr2Ub2YNs
— Jack Dudley (@duddersj) August 21, 2016
In response to the contribution, a fresh-faced Joey Bada$$ performed the poem on New York’s HOT 97 yesterday. Joey takes things at a steady but intentional pace, alternating his flow to match the vivid descriptions of the golden arches’ menu. Bada$$ then concludes the poem with a reflective sigh, noting that it sounded “Shakespearean.” Watch the glorious footage below.
It seems that Kanye’s latest contribution to the world of poetry isn’t just getting noticed by musicians.
Dami Lee, writer and visual artist from The Verge, was also inspired by the poem, turning it into an online picture book of sorts that you can read to your children to lull them to sleep and dreams of burgers, fries and sampled beats. Check it out here.
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