Playboi Carti‘s quick cameo on The Weeknd’s 2023 single “Popular” appears to be the latest Hip Hop verse to take on a much more G-rated meaning, thanks to the good folks at Kidz Bop.
The brand has been cleaning up more adult versions of songs for younger generations for years, and on Saturday (January 20), fans discovered a family-friendly version of the track from The Idol soundtrack, which also featured a quick verse from Madonna.
“Money on top of me, money on top of her/ money on top of me, money on top of her/ If shawty hangs with me, she know I’m popular,” the new version raps.
Check it out below.
Playboi Carti’s “Popular” verse gets the Kidz Bop treatmenthttps://t.co/3Yh0bOWXIApic.twitter.com/kXLB2ON7rY
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) January 21, 2024
The Kidz Bop version of “Popular” certainly has gone over better with the Hip Hop community than the recent viral video of young girls dancing to Drake & Sexyy Red‘s “Rich Baby Daddy.”
Even though the video, which went viral earlier this month, featured the youngsters self-editing out phrases like “bend that ass over, let that coochie breathe,” it still earned the ire of rapper and social activist Dee-1, who thinks things have gone too far.
In a video posted to X/Twitter on January 2, the “Taking a Chance on Me” rapper can be seen watching the video pensively before sharing his thoughts with the masses.
“This ain’t cool, man,” he said of the performance, which has drawn both praise and criticism. “And this ain’t cute. But the real question is, what are we going to do about it? It takes artists to make the music, it takes fans to support the music, and it takes adults to figure out what they’re going to expose their kids to. Right?”
He continued: “So first off, as fans, you gotta make sure you’re not supporting this, and you’re not promoting this type of music. Matter of…
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