Did you know the Ice Cream Man is directly tied to hip-hop? We’re here to tell our story.

There's 2 things loved by every hood anywhere in the country -- Hip-Hop and the Ice Cream Truck. Whether it’s Mr. Softee, Mr. Freeze, Good Humor or any of our bootleg ghetto creations -- from The Bronx to Compton to The A -- the sound of the ice cream truck coming down the street was a rolling, refreshing mirage from the sweltering summer heat.

Hip Hop and ice cream's love affair can be seen in movies, videos and in rap lyrics. Gucci Mane even put a tattoo on his face. But just like the inside of a project elevator, the original ice cream song stinks like day-old piss.

Now we come to find out that the song the hood made racist was actually already racist! In the 1830s, minstrel-show performer George Washington Dixon popularized a song called “Zip Coon” that had a familiar tune and some undeniably racist lyrics.

That song grew popular in ice cream parlors around the turn of the century, and subsequently became synonymous with ice cream trucks. Then in 1916, vaudeville actor Harry C. Browne wrote an even more racist version of the song called “N**ger Love A Watermelon, Ha Ha Ha!”

Iconic hood ice brand Good Humor, recently decided to hit pause on their favorite ice cream truck melody and hired The RZA to invent a new sound. The new song can be heard in ice cream trucks rolling around hoods nationwide this summer.

And that’s just a little on the history on Hip-Hop & The Ice Cream Truck, SOHH YOU KNOW.

Read more at SOHH: https://www.sohh.com/rza-flips-racist-rooted-ice-cream-song-for-kids-adults-too/

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