Straight outta Florida, a new hip-hop song -- 'Hoot for Newt" -- aims to get Newt Gingrich supporters rapping to the GOP presidential candidate's beat.
“N to the E to the W-T, Newt Gingrich taking over these streets.”
And with that lyrical gem, the GOP presidential campaign may have just gone gangsta.
Not quite Obama Girl and far from “Whomp, There It Is,” the street anthem written by three 18-year-olds from St. Lucie threatens to make Gingrich the Republicans’ hip-hop president.
Or not.
The song, as seen on Mediaite, is not actually winning raves from music fans. In fact, if you enjoy low-fidelity odes to Republican candidates, you may be part of the 1% (as of midday Monday the video had 40 dislikes and only eight likes on YouTube).
So, how did this song make it onto the musical and political landscape? Robin, a mother of one of the teens, works for the Gingrich campaign as a local county co-chair, according to CNN. The song was played at a Gingrich event in St. Lucie last week, but not while the candidate himself was on stage. The teens did however slip the former Speaker of the House a copy of the CD.
"Rap's kind of new to us. We're all rockers," said James Johnson, who along with Franco Hurtado and Tyler Arcia, wrote and recorded the ditty in one night.
"We were trying to think of a way to do publicity for Newt. All the kids listen to rap so that's what we did," James said.
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Gingrich is not the first GOP candidate to raise the proverbial roof in hip-hop. There's a mix CD's worth of rap-flavored odes to political candidates on YouTube. Texas Rep. Ron Paul, hugely popular among young folks, has been in the heezy for a while now when it comes to hip-hop. Remember, 2007’s “Ron Paul Rap” (There’s even a 2012 version)?
Of course, there’s the Romney Rap, which features the memorable hook, “Nothing rhymes with Romney, so I’m just saying Romney!”
While GOP candidate Rick Santorum and rap music aren’t exactly Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, the former Pennsylvania senator does have a musical footprint on the interwebs, or at least his sweater vests do.
HLN readers, we want to hear from you. Is "Hoot for Newt" music to your political ears and a viable play for younger voters? Or should the music stop?
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