Ira Glass Rap: This American Hip Hop
Hip hop artists declare 'It's so Ira Glass' in a track celebrating This American Life.
Every week, the producers of the wildly popular public radio show This American Life choose a theme, and then fans sometimes run with it. This American Life fans have created remixed songs and dances, beautiful infographics, and even zombie fan fiction. Now, hip hop artists Adam WarRock and Ruckus Roboticus have taken the genre a step further with "Ira Glass," a funny and personal track, in three acts, inspired by This American Life.
As I stroll thoughtout the timeline of life gone past,
It's like, when I do my thing, it's so Ira Glass
"It's a funny, cheeky concept, making the name of the popular public radio host into a slangy catchphrase," according to WarRock. "But it’s a serious, sentimental song about the art of storytelling, and how that art is changing."
The song mixes WarRock's personal story with reflections on the show and the medium into "an ode to public radio and self-expression, as well as an embodiment of Glass and his pop-cultural ethos."
WarRock also beckons everyone to join in:
No matter your voice, and no matter your name,
You do your thing like Ira Glass and baby it's all game.
You can listen to an excerpt of the song above. For the whole track, visit the Adam WarRock website.
This American Life is a weekly broadcast heard on 575 public radio stations, with an estimated weekly audience of over 1.8 million. It is distributed by Public Radio International and produced by Chicago Public Radio. More "This American Life."
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