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The Problem Of Fake Rap Is International

2:10 PM EDT on May 1, 2009

Rap is an American cultural invention, but in its incredible popularity it has been co-opted and adopted by cultures around the world. Latin rap, of course, has taken on a life of its own and returned to America on its own terms, but there's all kinds of foreign rap, including French rap, and Italian rap, Chinese rap, and the absolute worst: German rap. Have you ever heard German rap? Yuck. Go to the doctor, your ears fell off.

It only follows, of course, that the world is now dealing with another, far more dangerous export: fake rap. Is no one safe from this shit? No one is safe from this shit. Israel, for example, is not safe from this shit:

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Ah yes, fake rap: the best way to raise international awareness about endemic centuries old violence that continues in its escalation to push the entire world towards the brink of annihilation*. Y'HEARD!

Sorry, Israel, for our country's inability to meaningful and sustainably broker peace between you and the Arab nations of the middle east, but more importantly for giving you absolutely horrible ideas about parodic ways of easing that terrible tension. Burned you twice, playaz. (Via YoungManhattanite.)

*Or raising awareness about/mocking the ridiculousness/virulence of a particular Israeli tendency towards trying to agitate international engagement in the Palestinian conflict? That is the problem with fake rap: besides being the worst, it often makes no sense.