This week, Pokemon GO, an app that allows people to walk around their neighborhoods — or wherever they feel like — catching Pokemon has been everywhere. The app quickly exploded, with posts about it appearing on social media left and right. Not everyone is feeling the Poke-love, however. One of the dissenters is rapper and Run The Jewels member El-P, who took to Twitter on Friday to express some of his concerns about the accidents people might get into while playing the game:
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/751903670216847360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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This might have seemed like some good-natured ribbing, mixed with a bit of genuine concern, but what El-P didn’t realize was that Pokemon fans take their hobby very seriously. The angry tweets started pouring in, and he had no choice but to respond:
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/751909974369038336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/751910227663024128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Then, he fell back on aa classic Twitter stand-by: claiming he was hacked. In this case, however, it was pretty obvious he was joking:
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/751912588997451777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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What this was all leading to was an Instagram post in which El-P dropped his “Pokemon rap,” which has lyrical content and flow roughly on par with Andy Samberg’s “Blizzard Man” character:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHqJto5DA9i/
Then, he challenged his fans to remix it:
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/751928334238486528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
After a few hours, the entries started pouring in:
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/751949986431176704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/751953723614724096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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So, it’s unlikely that El-P will ever understand what makes Pokemon so great, but he did engage its fans in an entertaining way. Could a Pokemon: Run The Jewels game be coming soon. Eh, probably not, but it’s fun to think about it.
(via Pitchfork)
