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McHip-hop name-drop

DAILY NEWS — BY OREN YANIV AND LAURA WILLIAMS

Chain wants rappers to mention Big Mac

BY OREN YANIV and LAURA WILLIAMS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

With names like Big Pooh, Big Daddy Kane, Big Rich Tha Don and Notorious B.I.G., "big" is already huge for rappers. Now, McDonald's reportedly hopes to lure hip-hop artists to drop references to Big Macs into their rhymes.

Though it's not offering money upfront, the fast-food giant is willing to pay rappers $1 to $5 each time songs with the plug hit the radio, according to today's Advertising Age. McDonald's hopes to have its signature sandwich in several songs by summer, the mag says.

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This story circulated on the newsgroups rec.music.hip-hop and alt.rap and reached the archive on March 29, 2005. It is reproduced as posted — headlines, typos and all. Original source, as credited in the post: DAILY NEWS.