Global Warming Crisis: Earth by Lil Dicky

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A photo of the earth. source
Originally, for this assignment I was going to discuss the Global Warming crisis as a whole, but, I recently read a Time Magazine article about an effort put together by rapper Lil Dicky to help raise money and awareness for multiple organizations to help reverse the effects of Global Warming and Climate Change. The organizations that the rapper has partnered with include Quick Response Fund for Nature, the Shark Conservation Fund and the Carbon Cycle Institute, along with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
The song itself uses humor to keep the listener interested, and draws in an astounding amount of listeners due to over thirty artists being featured on the track. A Time article by ANDREW R. CHOW compares the song to a modern day "We are the World." Towards the end of the song, Lil Dicky (David Burd), explains what climate change is doing and how bad the results can be. 
I found this whole idea to be a great way to draw in the younger generation to be able to inform about how devastating climate change and global warming can be to the planet and everything that lives on it.

Below is a link to the clean version of the song. 

http://time.com/5572791/lil-dicky-climate-change-earth/

Comments

  1. Olivia LonardoMay 6, 2019 at 10:10 PM

    I was gonna write about this but completely forgot! I liked this song but it is definitely a song to raise awareness rather than popularity. I thought it was really cool how he had so many of the most listened to artists at the moment all together on the same song.I did not know he announced this song in the beginning of March, I honestly first heard about the song in from an Ariana Grande tweet. I liked how you added the video and the link to the video, but the link is just a URL for the video. I also liked your layout and the photo of the earth you used in the beginning of the post. I suggest adding that all of the proceeds from the music video on Youtube go to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. You should also add some lines from the song and describe how they relate to climate change.

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