Music

APP RAP: 20 songs about apps, phones, and social media

by Aaron Zorgel

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As a culture obsessed with technology, gadgets, and social media, it’s no surprise that all three have found their way into hip-hop lyrics. For this week’s playlist, Aaron Zorgel traces technological trends through rap music, bringing you twenty songs spanning decades of apps, devices, and social networks. Shout out to Asher Roth: if you’ve got a song about Tinder, now is the time, bruh.

 

Yung Jake – Unfollow

 

Fat Joe – Instagram

 

2 Chainz – Netflix (Feat. Fergie)

 

Lil B – Myspace

 

Iamsu! – Hupster Girls

 

Lil Chucklehead – Snapchat Rap

 

Swagberg – Facebook Politics (Feat. Satellite High)

 

Himanshu – Computers

 

Snow Tha Product – Fuck Your Phone

 

Brooke Candy – Angry Birds

 

Trey Songz – Flights & Skype

 

Gym Class Heroes – New Friend Request

 

Big T – Flight 420 (Feat. Siri)

 

Teyana Taylor – Google Me

 

Tyga – AIM

 

Trey Songz – LOL 🙂 (Feat. Soulja Boy & Gucci Mane)

 

Chris Brown – Song for Twitter (Feat. K-Mac)

 

Jim Jones – What’s Your BBM (Feat. Hardluck, Lady H & HIM)

 

Warren G – Ringtone

 

JJ Money – Swaggberry (Feat. Reema Major)