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While brothers sit in the studios busting rhymes and never making a dime, educated guys at Yale are making millions off of the products that they create. Three friends at Yale University created the website “Rap Genius,” which translates hip hop lyrics, and have turned it into a multi-million dollar empire.
This week, the tech investment firm Andreessen Horowitz dropped another $15 million into the coffers of Mahbod Moghadam, Tom Lehman, and Ilan Zechory, the founders of the site, in hopes that they can continue to spur the site’s growth. The site initially branded as “something you can look at in your dorm, when you’re on drugs,” has become a full-time gig for these college students with a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
The site currently gets up to half a million pageviews per day and has become a go-to spot for those trying to understand what rappers are talking about. The owners of the site don’t have to do much of the work, since the users are the ones who do the translation most of the time.
One example if Jay-Z’s song “99 Problems.” One of his lyrics says:
“Got two choices y’all, pull over the car or / Bounce on the devil, put the pedal to the floor,”
The Rap Genius Translation is:
“Jay is unsure whether he ought to cooperate with the police trying to pull him over, or to try to run away. The ‘devil’ here is, of course, the White Devil.”
Maybe one day black people can get better at making money off of themselves, instead of fueling the profits of others. The key is education.
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etreman
October 19, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Combatting ignorant racism with even more ignorant racism…yeah, that’s a good business plan…pffft!
Imhotep
October 11, 2012 at 1:38 am
@ Legend …Teach on bro! !!
Marie
October 11, 2012 at 12:22 am
Tai hair, you’re absolutely right; however, maybe they need to start. Be creative, this will put people to work.
LEGEND 2005
October 10, 2012 at 10:08 am
Blacks are making money off themselves perhaps you pale face flatass devils can try doing the same instead of trying to translate what we mean. Crackers are sickening. A cancer to the earth. For shame the poor decent white folks that have to suffer because of these beast. The mere fact that these non having hobby crackers have to translate to the rest of the demonic crackers proves that they need the education not us. Propaganda will always try to promote this bullshit about blacks needing an education. Keep in mind it was a cracker boy who lied and cheated to get into HARVARD.
BLACK POWER TO THE FULLEST
Audrey
October 8, 2012 at 8:58 am
“Maybe one day black people can get better at making money off of themselves, instead of fueling the profits of others. The key is education.”
Ask either ^Reverend^ Ike, Jackson, Sharpton or Don King. They each could give you some GREAT, MILLION DOLLAR, poverty pimpin’ insight! They’ve each been stepping on the heads and backs of black people while getting paid from the white man…for YEARS!
David2001
October 8, 2012 at 9:47 am
@ Audrey. The only person who sounds stupid on here is you defending Jews who have a long history of exploitation of black artist and black people. Pull your head out of their a*s dummy and see the light. Black people have been used and exploited for so long we now defend it. They know that black idiots like you will always defend them. How the h**l did Jessie, Al and DON KING get into this! There are black people who use and exploit black people so it’s Ok that whites and Jews do it?? That’s your logic??? What a idiot! LOL
B
October 8, 2012 at 6:02 pm
So called Audrey the vampire is feeding off our energy like they have been doing for years to exist. Get my drift. Either that or so called Audrey is a well trained overseer scrolling the comments to see what is on the minds of the awakened ones. Valley of the dry bones. Your points are well taken to those of us who are not sleep.
LEGEND 2005
October 10, 2012 at 10:13 am
Audrey you little maggot jealous b***h. You are totally confused and has been misguided by all the propaganda and mind control done to you by your fellow kkkrackas. Blacks are doing swell, inspite of your lack of facing reality like most crackers seem to have a problem with. We are in all fields of profession and we can also DANCE. Catch up to us and then maybe you can step up to the plank and talk s**t. Until then b***h, put an egg in your shoe and beat it. This is 2012 not the Jim Crow Era. Your words don’t mean s**t. No one gives a f**k about a jealous cracker b***h and her lying a*s opinions. Learn how to bathe properly and wash your hands when you use the lavatory you dirty cave b***h. Get a cure for your lice in your hair.
Audrey
October 8, 2012 at 8:53 am
I guess it would go down better, had a DON KING done it to us, huh? Just so long as he wasn’t…white! Smdh @ this stupid, ill conceived and trumped up, *madness!*
Now WAKE up and go find your legit, MILLION DOLLAR money making idea!
Audrey
October 8, 2012 at 8:45 am
Are you two KIDDING me!?! Are you REALLY kidding me!?! For REAL. Do you know how STUPID you two sound right now? Don’t hate the players (as we always say) hate the GAME! It’s not their fault that they found an avenue and niche WE didn’t think of, first! I knew it would incite some ridiculous anger that makes absolutely NO kind of sense! Do you get mad when a NON black business opens up in your hood? Do you and your friends and neighbors protest by NOT shopping there for ANYTHING? Or do you just shrug your shoulders and say “d**n! Oh well, we gotta EAT!” So, do go blaming these guys because they thought if this FIRST! Blame yourself for being ‘weeded’ up and busy blaming the white man for your troubles and ills!
David2001
October 8, 2012 at 10:26 am
Don’t hate the players (as we always say) hate the GAME!
You sound like some dumb wannabe street philosopher. Jews control “the game”. That’s why we hear the word n*gg*r being sold for profit by these buffoons and not the word Kike.
LEGEND 2005
October 10, 2012 at 10:21 am
David the cracker jews are fake anyways, so um don’t waste your energy bringing truth to them. JEW is a RELIGION NOT A RACE. These pale ugly big nose racist bigots need to face reality too! I laugh at them when I go to the diamond district. Parading around with this “jew status bullshit” it’s a status symbol for whites not a religion. They are living in a illusion too. Fake a*s Jews. YOU ARE WHITE NOT JEWISH. KEEP IN MIND JEWISH IS A RELIGION NOT A RACE! Big nose inbred looking mother f*****s. Their women are HORRIBLE! Ugly racist b*****s. I bet they have to use a paper bag when they fornicate to make them ugly a*s babies.
David2001
October 8, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Blame yourself for being ‘weeded’ up and busy blaming the white man for your troubles and ills!”
So anyone who doesn’t agree with you is on drugs?? lol
B
October 8, 2012 at 5:55 pm
You are an imposter. Your game has been peeped. Educate yourself. You have no honor, self-respect or dignity. You are beyond sounding stupid. You are dead to your mind and total existence. Take the red pill.
David2001
October 8, 2012 at 7:58 am
I hate to put it this way but this is what Jews do best. They have a long history of stealing and exploiting black entertainers artistic work. Then they give money to black organizations they started and control to tell us what a great allies they are to black people.
B
October 8, 2012 at 2:43 am
They should be sued for exploitation. Obviously, they are incapable of creating anything original, despite their Yale education. This is pure racist propaganda and exploitation of melanated people. It is sad that this generation sits back and allow the world to ridicule and disrespect them until no end. Perhaps Jigga man should translate and break down their real names and origin so the world will know who they really are and rid the world of their b.s. “his-story”. They are sickening.