LL COOL J, Pop Smoke, Cam’ron and Rakim would be the faces gracing particular version metro playing cards in New York Metropolis in celebration of Hip Hop’s fiftieth anniversary.
The MTA introduced the information on Friday (August 4), simply sooner or later forward of LL and the late Pop Smoke’s playing cards debuting on Saturday (August 5). The previous’s playing cards might be accessible solely on the Forest Hills-71 Av station in his hometown of Queens, whereas Pop’s might be bought at each the Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy (L) and New Tons Av (3) stations in his hometown of Brooklyn.
Whereas no actual date or location was given for Cam and Rakim’s variations, the MTA said they will be available later in August.
Try a preview of all 4 playing cards under:
4 new commemorative MetroCards are dropping as a part of a collaboration with @UMG in celebration of #HipHop50!
Seize yours at full-service merchandising machines at these stations beginning tomorrow:
🔵@llcoolj: Forest Hills-71 Av
🔵Pop Smoke: Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy (L) & New Tons Av (3) pic.twitter.com/Ta0Z38Gspc— MTA (@MTA) August 4, 2023
This isn’t the primary time the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has tapped into the tradition. Amid the pandemic in 2021, the MTA teamed up with New York filmmaker Nicolas Heller to get 25 celebrities to report COVID security warnings that have been performed all through NYC trains and buses.
As New York Metropolis is the birthplace of Hip Hop, it wouldn’t have been a marketing campaign if the town didn’t use a few of its most legendary rappers and figures. Among the many voices have been Younger M.A, Cam’ron, Dave East, Angie Martinez, Angela Yee, Fivio International, Malibu Mitch, Desus Good, The Child Mero, Peter Rosenberg, Jadakiss and extra.
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The latter was the primary one to disclose he could be becoming a member of the marketing campaign when he took to Instagram and posted a video of himself studying his script with Heller. The remainder of his friends adopted in his footsteps, like Yee who shared her rehearsal as effectively.
“S/O @newyorknico for making this occur,” Jada wrote in a part of his caption. “I can’t wait to listen to this for myself He Heh!”
Yee mentioned in her caption: “My mother has labored for the MTA for over 30 years so she was tremendous hype. However I did learn this with an perspective as a result of it grinds my gears when individuals maintain up the practice.”
The recordings have since stopped taking part in.
