There's a 'Marshmallows Only' Version of Lucky Charms, and Biz Markie Wrote a Song About It

Or at least wrote new lyrics to 'Just a Friend'

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If you were wondering what Biz Markie is up to these days, here’s your answer.

The brilliantly out-of-tune rapper and Yo Gabba Gabba beat-boxer is putting his chops to work promoting Lucky Charms—namely, by singing a branded parody of his 1989 hit “Just a Friend” (based on Freddie Scott’s 1968 “You Got What I Need”) to promote a new sweepstakes campaign that gives participants a chance to win one of 10 boxes of all-marshmallow cereal.

This apparently LSD-induced video was created by General Mills agency Saatchi & Saatchi New York.

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