The 30 Best Rap Tech References

From pagers to iPhones, rappers have stayed with the latest gadgets.

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Hundreds of years from now anthropologists will be able to best date new millennium trends by rap songs. Take technology, for example. As we've become increasingly more dependent on smartphones and social media overtime, so too have rappers begun to incorporate references to their personal gadgets into verses. The Notorious B.I.G. called it back in '94: "And now the shit's gettin' crazier and major/ Kids younger than me, they got the Sky Grand Pagers." So, to better document hip-hop's growing obsession with technology, we've provided the 30 best tech references in rap. 

30. "Give you that iPhone 4, FaceTime"

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29. "Pics on my iPhone, Gucci on her iPod, when she turn around, ass make you say, 'Oh God'"

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28. "She don't know me by my name, She just know me by my AIM"

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27. "Triple Six is my number. You can get it off my Tumblr"

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26. "If God had an iPod, I'd be on his playlist."

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25. "Overseas but the Blueberry still connect."

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24. "Fuck your Twitter, bitches follow me in real life."

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23. "They say it's for the birds, so I bought a kilo, My Boost Mobile chirping, it must be my amigo."

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22. "It describes the kid on the mic. I'm the TR-808, huh, but just call me D-Nice."

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21. "If Hov's a Blackberry Bold, shorty is a Sidekick."

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20. "Changing the channel looks like I'm playing a Game Boy"

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19. "Yeah, slick ain't it? See your moms fainted, Technics 1200, and watch scratch train it."

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18. "You cannot reach me on my Samsung, I'm busy fuckin' the world and givin' the universe my damn tongue."

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17. "Mac in the backpack, back by the MacBook."

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16. "This is anti-auto-tune, death of the ringtone, This ain't for iTunes, this ain't for sing-alongs"

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15. "Got that Will Ferrel, we call it Old School. Then we mix it all up, call it Pro Tools."

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14. "Only time you on the net is when you Google my ass."

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13. "But if I call you gone be like, 'Boo why we haven't skyped yet?' And on Skype bet you say, ''Le where my flight at?' If I decline then you inquire on where I spend my nights at."

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12. "And now the shit's gettin crazier and majorKids younger than me, they got the Sky Grand Pagers."

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11. "So if you want that turmoil, I'll Twitter Facebook YouTube Worldstar you, Rap Radar Nahright 2dopeboy you."

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10. "I've seen it, like a 27-inch Zenith, believe it."

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9. "But now it's different, we gotta stay sober, Yo, communicate, StarTac, Motorola."

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8. "Never met her best friend or her sister, I leave her pussy Microsoft like Windows Vista."

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7. "My bank account's on steroids, trappin off my Android"

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6. "I'm selling dope, straight off the iPhone"

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5. "Lost some of my hottest verses down in Cabo. So if you find a Blackberry with the side scroll, sell that motherfucker to any rapper that I know."

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4. "While you gone? Shit, Netflix on your couch. What this popcorn about? Microwave oven while you out there cuffin.'"

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3. "DJ's need to listen to the models "You ain't got no fuckin' Yeezy in your Serato?" Stupid, but what the hell do I know?"

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2. "Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, when I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this."

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1. "Only way to roll, Jigga and two ladies, I'm too cold, Motorola two-way page me."

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