Who will be the next white rapper?
VH-1’s new show “Egotrip’s White Rapper” is a lot of fun. And it is even more fun to know that Ego Trip is behind it.
If you DON’T know, Ego Trip is a multimedia production company. In the 90’s they produced a hip hop magazine by the same name…and if you haven’t heard of the group of writers, thinkers and cultural consigliares, you better ask somebody. They have produced some of the best pop culture products in the last twenty years including “Ego Trip’s Big Book of Racism” and other hip hop bibles.
That is what makes “White Rapper” so funny. Too often we see Black characters powered by white producers, directors, writers…Ego Trip switches the game up a bit. That is why in the first episode we saw the white rappers introduce themselves to their Bronx neighbors with a box of crackers and a rhyme. Silently hoping their new neighbors–who actually live in the hood–don’t laugh at them.
Ego Trip is Sacha Jenkins, Jeff Mao, Gabriel Alvarez, Brent Rollins and Elliot Wilson…pay attention.
