And filed under WTF is a new rap video by a 6-year-old rapper named Albert Roundtree Jr.. But instead of applauding a prodigy act to come out of Florida, you might want to call child protection services instead.
Not only is the song called "Booty Pop," little Albert is shown in the video suggestively firing a water gun while sandwiched between two bouncing bikini-clad butts.
Every day it seems there is a story about little girls being sexualized by the media or their own parents. But this video goes to show that it's not only little girls manipulated by the very adults who should be shepherding them.
According to the Miami New Times, little Albert's parents paid for the video in the hopes that their son becomes a famous rapper. Sure 'Booty Pop' is already gaining notoriety, but at what cost?
His parents must not have minded the end result because video director Tyler Council is already at work on another video for the single "Girls, Girls, Girls."
"I haven't had time to think about anything besides 'Booty Pop' because it's destroying the internet," said Council, who's clearly of the opinion that even negative press is good press. "[Albert's] belly button is more important than Andy Griffith dying, and Obama getting the healthcare act past the Supreme Court. I think it's ridiculous."
It's not just ridiculous, it's tragic. Not saying a kid can't rap, but can't he do it in an age-appropriate way? Like The Puppies singing "Hey Little Mama" in the schoolyard. Even though Kriss Kross annoyed the shit out of me back in 1992 with their wiggity wiggity wiggity wack, at least they were relatively harmless.
You tell me. Is little Albert putting the fun back in dysfunctional?
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