{"id":220172,"date":"2019-04-01T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=220172"},"modified":"2019-04-01T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:43:29","slug":"elon-musk-turns-rapper-with-a-song-about-harambe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/elon-musk-turns-rapper-with-a-song-about-harambe\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Turns Rapper With a Song About Harambe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk might have started a\u00a0zombie meme apocalypse by dropping a tribute track for the 2016&#8217;s most famous gorilla, Harambe.<\/p>\n<p>We know Elon Musk as the space travel entrepreneur, electric vehicle evangelist,\u00a0<span class=\"link\">meme connoisseur. Turns out he&#8217;s also a\u00a0<\/span>rapper.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you that don&#8217;t follow the prodigy&#8217;s Twitter account, we&#8217;ll explain what this is. Elon Musk just combined:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a Twitter joke,<\/li>\n<li>a years-old meme,<\/li>\n<li>Auto-Tune,<\/li>\n<li>and dropped his first Rap single.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Elon Musk, the Rapper?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, he can rap. But you know what the most surprising thing is? Following this &#8216;event&#8217;, he changed his Twitter name to &#8216;Jung Musk&#8217;. He can rap and now he has a Korean name. We can&#8217;t help but think that Elon Musk may join a K-pop (Korean Pop) group next.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a story for another time but in the meantime, lets get back to <em>RIP Harambe,<\/em>\u00a0his rap track. You didn&#8217;t imagine it, Elon Musk&#8217;s rap song really is called <em>RIP Harambe.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Emo G Records<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zsuB2NDl48\">https:\/\/t.co\/zsuB2NDl48<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/anVkKeFMGr\">pic.twitter.com\/anVkKeFMGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1111916290375974917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakableTextP2\">This is no April Fools&#8217; joke. The CEO of SpaceX\u00a0and\u00a0Tesla made a rap song about that gorilla who was killed in 2016.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Rajdhani,Poppins,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/this-viral-spoof-of-donald-trump-dancing-to-malhari-is-breaking-the-internet-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Viral Spoof of Donald Trump Dancing to &#8216;Malhari&#8217; is Breaking the Internet [Video]<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Musk tweeted out a Soundcloud link to the song. &#8220;Emo G Records&#8221; produced the single (does Elon Musk own this too?).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m disappointed that my record label failed<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1111918554398363649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A Tribute to Harambe?<\/h3>\n<p>The track starts off with a tribute to Harambe,\u00a0 with the opening lines\u00a0<em>&#8216;Harambe, we love you&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>&#8220;R.I.P Harambe, sippin&#8217; on some Bombay, we on our way to Heaven, Amen, Amen&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The song has been streamed 480,000 times already. Will this top the Billboard Hot 100 charts (like One Pound Fish)?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Rajdhani,Poppins,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/meet-the-pakistani-who-started-the-hilarious-major-adnan-sami-meme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet The Pakistani Who Started the Hilarious &#8216;Major Adnan Sami&#8217; Meme<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Only Elon Musk can let the cat out of the bag on &#8216;<em>What is the meaning of this!?&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One tweet suggests that maybe BloodPop produced the track with emoji artist Yung Jake behind the artwork?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qam\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yungjake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yungjake<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bloodpop?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bloodpop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1112427303013736448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Behind that name, Emo G is a whole other meme.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Duck emoji defeats Emo G Records. Crushing victory.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1111926388435488773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Who was Harambe?<\/h3>\n<p>Harambe, a Western lowland gorilla, was put down after an incident with a 3-year-old boy in 2016. The toddler fell into Harambe&#8217;s enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo in May.<\/p>\n<p>Most animal lovers and animal rights activist argued the threats of keeping wild animals in zoo enclosures and protested against the gorilla&#8217;s killing.<\/p>\n<p>Others argued that the blame for the child falling into the animal enclosure was the parents&#8217; fault.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Twitter as always, turned it into one of the biggest viral sensations in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Harambe meme was one of the things people quit in 2017. Two years later Elon Musk brought it roaring back to life.<\/p>\n<p>If 2016 memes come back to life (are we looking at a zombie meme apocalypse?), does that mean crying Jordan, and Pepe the Frog didn&#8217;t delete your account and even Grumpy cat is onborad\u00a0for fake news?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Rajdhani,Poppins,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/american-man-chokes-a-lion-to-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Man Chokes a Lion to Death<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk might have started a\u00a0zombie meme apocalypse by dropping a tribute track for the 2016&#8217;s most famous gorilla, Harambe. We know Elon Musk as the space travel entrepreneur, electric vehicle evangelist,\u00a0meme connoisseur. Turns out he&#8217;s also a\u00a0rapper. For those of you that don&#8217;t follow the prodigy&#8217;s Twitter account, we&#8217;ll explain what this is. 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