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		<title>Rapper 2 Chainz Isn&#8217;t Above a Bit of Search Engine Optimization</title>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:50:38 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Kelly Faircloth</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_58603" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/esq-2-chainz-081412-xlg.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-58603 " title="esq-2-chainz-081412-xlg" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/esq-2-chainz-081412-xlg.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="188" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Just look at that consistent brand identity.</p></div></p>
<p>In the latest (and <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/spin-announces-layoffs-and-drops-nov-dec-issue/">possibly last)</a> edition of <em>Spin </em>(which isn't online yet), there's a brief "Words of Wisdom" profile with rapper and Nicki Minaj collaborator 2 Chainz, where he makes a confession about his early attempts at self-promotion. His strategy? To work with other, more famous rappers, and thereby become "part of their Google." He elaborates:</p>
<blockquote><p>"I would also try to be a part of their Google. Like when you Google Gucci Mane, Rocko, Gorilla Zoe, anyone in Atlanta--basically everybody except Outkast. I kept that same concept outside of Georgia. Every artist that wanted to work with me, I would do a verse with 'em."</p></blockquote>
<p>By the laws of the Internet, you, sir, are now qualified to add "brand evangelist" to your Twitter bio.</p>
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<p>In the latest (and <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/spin-announces-layoffs-and-drops-nov-dec-issue/">possibly last)</a> edition of <em>Spin </em>(which isn't online yet), there's a brief "Words of Wisdom" profile with rapper and Nicki Minaj collaborator 2 Chainz, where he makes a confession about his early attempts at self-promotion. His strategy? To work with other, more famous rappers, and thereby become "part of their Google." He elaborates:</p>
<blockquote><p>"I would also try to be a part of their Google. Like when you Google Gucci Mane, Rocko, Gorilla Zoe, anyone in Atlanta--basically everybody except Outkast. I kept that same concept outside of Georgia. Every artist that wanted to work with me, I would do a verse with 'em."</p></blockquote>
<p>By the laws of the Internet, you, sir, are now qualified to add "brand evangelist" to your Twitter bio.</p>
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