This week, Pusha T is being celebrated for his absurdly good verse on his new single, “Drug Dealers Anonymous,” which also features Jay Z. With one-liners like “How many Madonnas can that Mazda fit?” and “Life’s a b*tch, A-Z on her shoe collection,” the Virginia native not only held court with Hov, he may have bested the legendary emcee, and thus one of the great drug-rap songs in recent memory was born.
However, coke rhymes and dizzying metaphors aren’t the only way Pusha, one-half of the Clipse, has made a mark during his career. In a recent interview with Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning show, Steve Stoute revealed that Pusha T was responsible for the infectious and internationally popular “I’m lovin’ it” jingle that has defined McDonalds’ promotion efforts for the last decade.
“Our first big thing was launching ‘I’m Lovin It’ for McDonald’s, that was in 2004,” said Stoute of Translation, his marketing and content curation company. He then clarified comments Ebro made about the song’s origin, “You know who did that? Pusha T. That’s crazy that Pusha T wrote the song for McDonald’s. I can’t remember the money [received]. It was 11 years ago. Nobody was upset.”
So basically, the guy that rapped “Hush money balances all this drugs and violence,” also came up with one of the most well-known jingles in marketing and promotion history.
Gotcha.
