Even in the Das Racist days, when he was rhyming “Pizza Hut” with “pizza gut” and “pizza butt” for the comic relief of a largely white, largely online audience, it was obvious that Heems had something special.
To drop a needle on any track in the Punjabi-American MC’s extended catalog is to be swept away by his preternatural cleverness.
His inspired internal rhyme schemes, encyclopedic knowledge of American and South Asian pop culture, and double-take punchlines should be enough to make him a staple of any self-respecting backpacker’s bag.
What pushes his work past these dusty confines is a keen awareness of his unique position in the rap world. Take his verse on Mr.
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