Tech and Hip-Hop: 15 Songs About Apps

When raps and apps collide.

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Smiley Faces After All of Her Phrases - Somewhere along the line, "let me get your number" turned into "follow me on Twitter." It's mainly because our basic flip phones turned into smartphones that allow us to do everything except teleport to another location — though we don't doubt that's coming soon. In the meantime, check out 15 songs about apps ranging from old school messengers to symbols that help express our emotions. It'll either make you feel old or remind you that you can literally make a song out of anything. — Janice Llamoca(Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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Travis Scott – 'Uber Everywhere' - La Flame jumped on a Madeintokyo original, "Uber Everywhere," about, you guessed it, Uber. (Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Rolling Stone)

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Yo Gotti – 'Down in the DM' - Legend has it that Yo Gotti was discovering how to use the direct message (DM) function on Instagram and Snapchat when he made this song. (Photo: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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Jordin Sparks – 'Double Tap" Featuring 2 Chainz - Professing your lust to your Instagram crush requires you to withhold double taps from other pretty faces.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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2 Chainz – 'Netflix' Featuring Fergie - "Netflix" is less about consuming content and more about how business-savy 2 Chainz will be making a sex tape to provide content for consumers.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Tyga – 'AIM' - Before we introduced ourselves to strangers using our Twitter handles, there were AIM screen names. (Photo: John Ricard/Getty Images for BET)

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Trinidad James – 'All Gold Everything' - This song was made specifically to straight flex on Instagram.(Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Sony Music Entertainment)

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Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y – 'Uber Driver' - We'll let you take a wild guess which app this song is about.(Photo from left: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for BMI)

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Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y – 'Uber Driver' - We'll let you take a wild guess which app this song is about.(Photo from left: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for BMI)

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Lil B – 'Myspace' - Don't cross Lil B or he'll destroy you on Myspace or any social media app of your choice.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Iamsu! – 'Hipster Girls' - Another song about Instagram. Bay Area rapper Iamsu! dedicated this one to the hipster ladies of IG.(Photo: Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)

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Trey Songz – 'Flights & Skype' - Skype is clutch when work calls for you to be on the road 24/7 and your significant other wants more of your time. Trey wants you to know everything will be alright.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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Gym Class Heroes – 'New Friend Request' - Hip-hop rock band Gym Class Heroes were also on the tech song wave back in 2006 with their track about digital love. Myspace forever.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Jim Jones – 'What's Your BBM' - BBM may be a thing of the past, but back in 2011, Jim Jones was handling business and love interests all on the same messenger.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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Teyana Taylor – 'Google Me' - Teyana was right on the money with this track. Face it, we Google everything. So much so that we made "Google" interchangeable with the verb "search."(Photo: Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

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Mistah F.A.B. – 'Hit Me on Twitter'  - "I'll follow you and you follow me." Twitter seems like a perfect peaceful world in Mistah F.A.B.'s song.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Undrcrwn)

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Trey Songz  – 'LOL :-)' Featuring Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane - Mr. Songz came through with another song featuring apps and social media. Twitter, Myspace, and emoji faces all get shoutouts. Come to think of it, when is Facebook getting in the mix?(Photo from left: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for VH1, Rich Polk/Getty Images for iHeartMedia, Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

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Trey Songz  – 'LOL :-)' Featuring Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane - Mr. Songz came through with another song featuring apps and social media. Twitter, Myspace, and emoji faces all get shoutouts. Come to think of it, when is Facebook getting in the mix?(Photo from left: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for VH1, Rich Polk/Getty Images for iHeartMedia, Taylor Hill/Getty Images)