You’ve got that fingerprinted shiny new iPhone 3G and you are all ready to do everything “Twice as Fast,” except that you are stuck trying to activate it.  So now your phone is doing nothing as you wait around.  Here are some things to do with it while you are waiting.

1. Use it as a see-saw for your fingers.
2. Polish the back to get the fingerprints off.
3. Check out the new app store on your original iPhone you gave to your wife.  Oh wait, it is bricked too.
4. Talk to someone in person.  I know, weird huh?
5. Tell your friends that despite what they have witness so far, it is an awesome phone and worth the wait.
6. Listen to music on your 3rd Generation (3G) iPod.
7. Write a blog post about how mad you are about your iPhone 3G not activating.
8. Polish the back to get the fingerprints off.
9. Ask someone with a Samsung Instinct for directions using their GPS.
10. Read reviews of how awesome it is on your computer.

I know, you are wondering what subject hip hop is helping the kids with.  Your first thought might be math.  With all those hundreds being thrown around in the videos surely you are talking about math, right LL?  No, math isn’t the subject that I am referring to, but that is a good guess.

I’m referring to spelling.  There has always been spelling is rap/hip hop but lately there seems to be a plethora of songs that have spelling in it.  Here are a few of some popular songs right now that include the lost art of spelling.

1. Independent by Webbie featuring Lil’ Boosie & Lil’ Phat:  “I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T Do you know what that mean mane?”
2. Damaged by Danity Kane: ” Can you fix my H-E-A-R-T. (Tell me can you fix my heart?)‘Cause it’s D-A-M-A-G-E-D.(Don’t you know it’s damaged?) Can you fix my H-E-A-R-T.

Sure these are examples of a select couple of songs that have spelling in them, and there are many others, but is there an artist who spells in nearly every song they have?  Yes there is.  His name is Snoop Dogg.  That’s why we would like to give a “Lifetime Spelling Achievement Award” to Mr. Dogg.  He constantly reminds us how to spell his name S-N-O-O-P  D-O-G-G, sometime referred to as S-N-double O-P  D-O-Double G.

Thank you Mr. Dogg for doing your part in helping to shape American minds.  May we never forget how to spell your name.