Do the White Thing: Hip-Hop's Obsession With Partying Like White People



White people must be having all the fun. At least that's how it seems if you believe rappers like Gucci Mane, Duece Poppi and Trina. They've all got songs that promote racial harmony and cross-cultural exchange through partying like our Caucasian counterparts but what does it mean to party like white folks and do they really have more fun?

Trina - "White Girl" featuring Flo-Rida and Git Fresh



In Trina's newest video, "White Girl," Da Baddest Bitch talks about how she'd like to "get loose and party like a white girl" which begs the question "just how do white girls party?" Judging from this video, white girls party in tight, short dresses, they dance arhythmically on tables and they like to have Nuvo poured in their mouths as they lay on their backs. Sign us up...

The Shop Boyz - "Party Like A Rock Star"



The Shop Boyz encouraged rap fans to "Party Like A Rock Star" with their sole sucky hit and a video that featured a frenzy of crowd-surfing, headbanging, air-guitaring and other stereotypically rock 'n' roll (read: white) behaviors. Now, I happen to have white friends ('cause I'm just post-racial like that) but they don't usually break out into air guitar when we hang out and they've never hoisted me up in the air and passed me around like a joint (pause), so are they really my friends?

Duece Poppi - "My White Friends"



Speaking of white friends, we can't forget Duece Poppi's comical ode to his really, really light-skinned homies. According to Duece they do kegstands and coke, they skateboard and skydive, and they drink Monster energy drinks. I get the impression that Duece is trying to tell us that white people are just generally wild and crazy guys. He makes a good case for partying with them.

Gucci Mane - "Wasted" featuring Plies



Last year Gucci Mane extolled the virtues of getting "white boy wasted" on Gucci's single with guest Plies informing us that he "don't wear tight pants like the white boys/ But I do get 'wasted' like the white boys." I know what it's like to get drunk or "faded" but from watching this video I got the impression that "wasted" is on a whole 'nother level and probably involves white women in bikinis, a pool party and a grunge-era rock band rocking out to a song that doesn't even have guitars in the beat -- all culminating in everyone passing out. On second thought, I think I'll pass on getting "whiteboy wasted" because it seems to involve roofies and that's just not Kosher.

Do white folks really have more fun? Leave a comment and let us know what you think.
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