10 Rappers Most Likely to Drop a Harriet Tubman Punchline
Because nothing is sacred when it comes to #MoneyBarz.
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All About the Tubmans - History was made yesterday (April 20) when it was announced that President Andrew Jackson would be replaced on the front of the $20 bill by none other than abolitionist Harriet Tubman (apparently Jackson will still be on the back — um, K). This makes the first African-American to ever grace American currency. While this news is monumental for a myriad of reasons, it will also undoubtedly rock the hip hop community. Money-inspired new song fodder? But of course. Check out our predictions for which rappers will be the first to drop some $20 references in their songs. – Kathy Iandoli (Photos from left: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL, Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL, Robin Marchant/Getty Images for New Era)
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Fabolous - Can’t you picture it already? Fab dropping some new heat for the summer about taking his girl to the mall and at the register he “drops 30 Tubmans down” on a pair of Louboutins? Come on! It’ll be the anthem until Labor Day. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Lil Wayne - Weezy will have to get in on the action too, saying some metaphor about how he “feels like he’s in his 20s like Harriet.” No one will get the reference until Rap Genius decodes it.(Photo: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Nicki Minaj - Maybe Nicki will go back to her Barbz-style cadence with those one-word bar drops. You know, like, “I got 20! Tubman.” Or something.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL)
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2 Chainz - Another rapper who might discuss a lavish purchase and count the Tubmans he dropped on it. Maybe drop like 5,000 Tubmans at the car dealer just to be super-difficult.(Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Rick Ross - Rozay will probably hide bigger bills in between his $20s on a track, talkin’ about “keeping Benjamins between his Tubmans” or something super Bawse-like.(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2015)
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Kanye West - On one of Kanye’s more aspirational joints, he’ll talk about reaching those impossible dreams he tries to achieve on Twitter and reference how “if Harriet can get on a $20 bill…” You know the rest.(Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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Future - Biggest prediction of 2016: Future and Desiigner will form an alliance, and over the “Panda” beat just keep yelling “Tubman Tubman Tubman Tubman.” (Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images for New Era)
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Pusha T - King Push will drop a reference about “sittin’ on 20s like Harriet” for sure.(Photo: Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for A-OK Collective, LLC.)
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Jay Z - Of course Hov will discuss how those bills are too small for him, so he’ll never get to see Harriet’s face because he hasn’t carried $20 bills since the ‘90s.(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for TIDAL)