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The former, well-known ice cream truck song, \"Turkey in the Straw,\" was widely performed in American minstrel shows in the 1800s where it was common for actors to wear blackface.

The song was usually modified to include \"hateful, racist lyrics.\"

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Leonard Zhukovsky/Shutterstock, FILE
PHOTO:An ice cream truck in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 15, 2014.
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Once Good Humor became aware of the jingle's problematic history, the company contacted RZA to work on a new one to ensure \"ice cream trucks across the country continue to spread joy to everyone for the next 100 years.\"

🔥 HERE IT IS 🔥 the COMPLETE ice cream truck jingle from @RZA & Good Humor. Sound ON! 🔈
Full track here: https://t.co/BVhQKNZPMi pic.twitter.com/wxry7sYQVF

— Good Humor (@GoodHumor) August 14, 2020

\"They called me up and was like 'We gotta do something about this, Riz. We can change the dynamics, we can make a new ice cream jingle for a new era,'\" RZA said in a video released with the revamped song. \"We wanted to make a melody that includes all communities, that's good for every driver, every kid.\"

The whimsical new melody incorporates the basic sound kids and adults commonly associate with ice cream trucks like dings of a bell while using a catchy hip hop beat.

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Rakeem Diggs
PHOTO: RZA in the studio working on the new jingle for Good Humor ice cream trucks.
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He continued, \"I'm proud to say, for the first time in a long time, a new ice cream truck jingle will be made available to trucks all across the country and perpetuity. That means forever, you know what I mean? Like Wu-Tang's forever.\"

Good Humor said in a statement that it is now \"calling on all drivers to stop playing 'Turkey in the Straw' immediately\" and, to ensure that, they have released the song as a free download for every ice cream truck to use.

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