Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA is putting the "good" in Good Humor, partnering with the sweets vendor to create a new ice cream truck jingle as a free alternative to the well-known and problematic tune "Turkey in the Straw."
The rapper-producer unveiled the catchy new song Thursday morning in a video acknowledging the racist history of "Turkey in the Straw," which has long been associated with minstrel shows and racist imagery.
"Remember that ice cream jingle?" RZA says in a promo video introducing his tune. "Of course we all know it. I'm not gonna play it right now, though, because we come to find out that it has racist roots.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-13/wu-tang-clan-rza-ice-cream-truck-song
The rapper-producer unveiled the catchy new song Thursday morning in a video acknowledging the racist history of "Turkey in the Straw," which has long been associated with minstrel shows and racist imagery.
"Remember that ice cream jingle?" RZA says in a promo video introducing his tune. "Of course we all know it. I'm not gonna play it right now, though, because we come to find out that it has racist roots.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-13/wu-tang-clan-rza-ice-cream-truck-song