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title: "Important Franchise Reminder: Don't Try to Make Your Brand Cool by Rapping"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/649272bd-e1ba-480e-b688-6f0f3fbf2dcb
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/important-franchise-reminder-dont-try-to-make-your-brand-cool-by-rapping-1911
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2015-06-24T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:25:20.529Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/d4636fff2f27a4332e845af0367c53967037.jpg
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# Important Franchise Reminder: Don't Try to Make Your Brand Cool by Rapping

**TL;DR:** McDonald's has attempted to appeal to a younger audience through various marketing campaigns, including rapping advertisements. The company's efforts to be seen as cool have been criticized as cringe-worthy.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-06-24. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/important-franchise-reminder-dont-try-to-make-your-brand-cool-by-rapping-1911).*

## Story

Thought the hipster-dad reincarnation of the Hamburglar was the first time McDonald’s trotted out a cringe-worthy brand revamp in order to be one of the kewl kids? Think again, sucka!

As A.V. Club recently pointed out, the burger giant has tried to be down with the youngins in the past by applying some serious ‘tude to its corporate image. Look no further than the above advertisement, which, much like that video in “The Ring,” will ultimately lead to your destruction if you watch it for too long.

If, for some deranged reason, you want more, visit mcdonalds.hiphop, a clearinghouse for the facepalmiest “urban” ads McDonald’s has to offer.

And franchise brands, let this be a lesson: Please, please, please don’t start rapping to get teens to buy your burgers.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- marketing campaigns (topic)
- brand image (topic)
- advertising (topic)
- Ring (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/important-franchise-reminder-dont-try-to-make-your-brand-cool-by-rapping-1911). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/649272bd-e1ba-480e-b688-6f0f3fbf2dcb).