Good Humor Recruits RZA to Replace Ice Cream Truck Jingle With Racist Roots

The new melody is void of prejudiced implications

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Most of us can probably remember hearing the ice cream truck jingle from down the street and running over to order from a selection of Chipwiches, Blue Bunny ice cream cups and snow cones. However, that same jingle that used to spark joy in the hearts of hungry kids, “Turkey in the Straw,” has racist roots as a popular minstrel show tune and has often been paired with offensive lyrics.

After learning this little-known fact, Good Humor decided to partner with music producer and Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA to create a new melody for ice cream trucks in hopes of leaving the old tune, created over 200 years ago, behind.

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