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"White & Nerdy" is the second single from "Weird Al" Yankovic's album Straight Outta Lynwood, which was released in 2006. It parodies the song " Ridin' " by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone . The song both satirizes and celebrates nerd culture, as recited by the subject, who cannot "roll with the gangstas " because he is "just too white and nerdy ".
Al Shipley of Stylus gave the album a "B−" and felt that, while "White & Nerdy" was a solid parody, the other spoofs on the album were not quite up to par. He praised "Pancreas" and "Virus Alert" as the album's best style parodies, comparing the latter to the 1985 single " Dare to Be Stupid ", while criticizing "I'll Sue Ya", "Close but No ...
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 2003 "Weird Al" Yankovic is a multiple Grammy Award -winning American musician, satirist , parodist , accordionist , director , television producer, and author. He is known in particular for humorous songs which make fun of popular culture or parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, or both.
There's only one place to watch Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and it's not Netflix, HBO Max, or one of more well-known streaming platforms. The film is available right now, as of November 4, on ...
Inspired by a Funny or Die parody trailer and co-written by "Weird Al" himself, the film is instead a heavily fictionalized account of the rise and rollicking career of everyone's favorite funny ...
Weird Al is not gonna do a parody of your song if you're not doing it big." [ 127 ] In September 2007, Chamillionaire credited "White & Nerdy" for his recent Grammy win, stating "That parody was the reason I won the Grammy, because it made the record so big it was undeniable.
Moderator of a parody of the third presidential debate for the 2016 elections in the U.S. with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. 2020 "Weird Al Presents: 'America Is Doomed, the Musical'" Michael Gregory [30] Moderator of a parody of the first presidential debate for the 2020 elections in the U.S. with Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
In 1984, his second album, “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D was released, with the first single being a parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” entitled “Eat It.” The single and its music ...