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.
The 30 Best Rap Tech References
From pagers to iPhones, rappers have stayed with the latest gadgets.
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