Rappers have had a love affair with technology that started long before Biggie Smalls was name-checking Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. And their rhymes cover everything from the CEOs to mobile platforms. Here, we present you with the best tech references in rap:
Android
Tity Boi aka 2 Chainz: Got One
Asking me what I'm on
I say my bank account is on steroids
Trappin' off my Android
Tryin' not to go fed
Bill Gates
Outkast: Red Velvet
Bill Gates don't dangle diamonds in the face
Of peasants when he Microsoft'n in the place
Lil Wayne: Bill Gates
All these bitches and n****as is hatin'
I used to be ballin
But now I'm Bill Gatin'
Blackberry
Kanye West: I'm In It
Damn your lips very soft
As I turn my Blackberry off
And I turn your bath water on
And you turn off
Chief Keef feat. Riff Raff: Cuz My Gear
Weight, heartburn: Mylanta
Adversaries call me on my Blackberry
Now I'm in the laundry mat: Darryl
Blog
The Game: Ali Bomaye
N****s tough on them blogs and never did nothing at all
On the road to the riches, bitches not tagging along
Chirp (as in Nextel, Blackberry, etc.)
2 Chainz: I Love Dem Strippers
They say it's for the birds, so I bought a kilo
My Boost Mobile Chirpin', it must be my amigo
Kendrick Lamar: Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter's Daughter
She didn't tell, just gave me her Nextel
Dropped the number, we chirped the whole summer and well
Maceo: Nextel Chirp
N***a don't hit me on the Nextel chirp
If you're tryin to conversate about some motha fuckin' work
Danny Brown: DNA
Bitches swimming topless in Chlorine off morphine
Emails on iPads don't answer when phone rings
Kid Cudi: Make Her Say
Down, down for a damn, Cudi already said it
Her poker Facebook, I'd already read it
FaceTime
Fabolous: Killin 'em
Her body nice, face dime
Give her that iPhone 4, FaceTime
Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj: Dance (Ass) Remix
Only time you on the net is when you Google my ass
N.O.R.E.: Google That
I really drink Tiger Balm (you could Google that)
And I shot n****s too (you could Google that)
See, I smoke big (you could Google that)
Higgs Boson
Chance the Rapper feat. Twista: Cocoa Butter Kisses
And when it come to rapping fast, I'm the Higgs Boson
And though my style freakish
I could still break your body down to five pieces like I did Voltron
Hewlett Packard
Lil Wayne: Lollipop
I Anita Bake-her, now she caught up in that Rapture
I got so much chips, I swear they call me Hewlett Packard
Kanye West - Blood on the Leaves
She Instagram herself like #badbitchalert
He instagram his watch like #madrichalert
Nas: Daughters
Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted
A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it
Trinidad James: All Gold Everything
This one's for them colleges, those bad hoes at Spelman
Shoutout to all them freshman, on Instagram straight flexin' (woo!)
iChat
2Chainz feat. Drake and Lil Wayne : Where U Been?
I get high and I fly past, I don't know nothing 'bout iChat
I work in this iPhone they need an app called iTrap
iPad
Rick Ross: Fuck 'em
iPhone and iPad, Air Max, and my gat
Left hand got ten bands; back pocket, four stacks
iPod
Jay Z: The Prelude
Befo' Steve Jobs made the iPod
Was gettin' head jobs, we call that intimate
Kanye West: So Appalled
If God had a iPod, I'd be on his playlist
My phrases amazes the faces in places
iPhone
Rick Ross: 9 Piece
I'm smoking dope, I'm on my cell phone
I'm selling dope, straight off the iPhone
Lil Wayne: Let the Beat Build
Used to think my shit didn't stink boy was I wrong,
Approving million dollar deals from my iPhone
iTunes
Jay Z: DOA
This is anti-auto-tune, death of the ringtone,
This ain't for iTunes, this ain't for sing-alongs
Jailbreak
E-40 feat. Danny Brown: All My N***az
They rap and they sell coke
Bust ya head like a cantaloupe
In the summer a peacoat
My iPhone is jailbroke
Jpeg
RIP: Young Jeezy feat. 2 Chainz
A pocket full of dead prez
Attached to your girl like a .jpeg
Party scene turn to a murder scene
LOL
LOL :-): Trey Songz feat. Gucci Mane and Soulja Boy
Shawty just text me
Say she wanna sex me
LOL smiley face, LOL smiley face
Shawty sent a Twitpic
Saying come and get this
LOL smiley face, LOL smiley face
MacBook
A$AP Mob: Bath Salts
Ru-run up if you wanna
Mac in the backpack, right by the Macbook
And I rep that Harlem
And my Zombie
MySpace
Clipse: Keys Open Doors
At you make believe rappers I smile! HA!
Canal Streeting my style, like you internet sharing my files
You MySpace n****s
Lupe Fiasco: Hip Hop Saved My Life
Reps Northside, so he rocks them braids
Got 1100 friends on his MySpace page
Nintendo
Notorious B.IG.: Juicy
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke man I couldn't picture this
Netflix
2 Chainz feat. Fergie: Netflix
I smoked a blunt for dinner, another blunt for breakfast
2 Chainz, got 'em staring at my necklace
Let's make a sex tape and put it on Netflix
Trinidad James: Madden on Gamecube
So the next time you on the couch, chillin' lookin' at Netflix
Know that I was in yo' house, giving yo' bitch the business
A$AP Rocky: Brand New Guy
Twisting up weed, I'm digging her out
Just filling her out
Do all that shit you be talking about
While you gone? Shit, Netflix on your couch
Nokia
Jay Z: Girls, Girls, Girls
You remind me of my Jeep, but not no Kia
We can talk on my cell, but not Nokia
Samsung
Lil Wayne: Steady Mobbin'
You cannot reach me on my Samsung,
I'm busy fuckin' the world and givin' the universe my damn tongue
Sidekick
Lil Wayne: A Milli
Call me what you want bitch, call me on my Sidekick
Never answer if it's private, don't you hate a sly bitch?
Jay Z: Encore
If Hov's a Blackberry Bold, shorty is a Sidekick
Siri
The-Dream feat. 2 Chainz and Beyonce: Turnt
Turnt up, all the way to the ceiling
Burnt up, till you ain’t got no feeling
On my phone, like Siri,
Talkin bout you gon kill it
Sonos
Jay Z: Somewhereinamerica
Yellow Lambo in the driveway
A buck thirty-five, I'm on the highway
Frank Sinatra on my Sonos
Loud as fuck, I did it my way
Jay Z: Tom Ford
Fuck hashtags and retweets,
140 characters in these streets
Chance the Rapper feat. Childish Gambino: Favorite Song
Dang Dang Dang Skeet skeet skeet
She do that thing for three retweets
Chance the Rapper: Everybody's Something
And why god's phone die everytime that I call on him?
If his son had a Twitter wonder if I would follow him?
Baby Bash feat. E-40: Go Girl
Beat it up like a champ, and, ah, she re-twitter
Bash Be Goin' Hard is the headline news
Zuckerberg
G.O.O.D. Music: The Morning
Love us or not, the Mark Zuckerbergs of the Block
Hug a knot, staying rich, we was built for the guap