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"Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue-Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the American folk music revival and has since become a popular children's song.
"Jimmy Crack Corn" is the second and final single taken from the Shady Records compilation album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. The song features vocals from Eminem and 50 Cent , and the single version features vocals from Cashis , who also featured on " You Don't Know ".
The exact history and origin of the term is debated. [7] According to one theory, it is an agent noun derived from the verb crack, meaning "to boast". [8] The use of cracker to mean "braggart" dates back to the 16th century and can be seen for example in William Shakespeare's King John (c. 1595): "What cracker is this same that deafs our ears with this abundance of superfluous breath?"
A fact from Jimmy Crack Corn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 September 2005. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that "Blue Tail Fly" or "Jimmy Crack Corn" is a blackface minstrel song dating from the 1840s, and that on the surface, it is a black slave's lament over his master's death; the subtext is that he is glad his master is dead, and ...
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In his song “Jimmy Crack Corn,” Eminem reigned his feud with Carey. “Your mind’s on us like mine’s on Mariah,” he rapped. “And y’all are just like her, you’re all f---ing liars.”
I'm amazed at all the strained speculative etymology. The term "cracker" derives from the practice of cracking corn for corn grits, which along with hogs was the standard diet of poor whites in the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. It was so much a staple that pellagra was a common health problem for them. The song "Jimmy crack corn ...
Detail from cover of The Celebrated Negro Melodies, as Sung by the Virginia Minstrels, 1843 Dan Emmett performing in blackface. The Virginia Minstrels or Virginia Serenaders was a group of 19th-century American entertainers who helped invent the entertainment form known as the minstrel show.