Plies: Shawty Platinum Ringtone, Bidlong Prison Blog

Plies' Shawty featuring T-Pain ringtone goes platinum and he announces a new blog, Bidlong, to be focused on prison issues.

Plies' blog currently features a new version of the 100 Years video and an explanation of his use of the term "cracka" in 100 Years.

Plies mentions that he drops the N-word more than the term cracka and was surprised no one objected.  For the record, I didn't post the video at VidRap for that very reason though I'll reconsider given what he claims to be pursuing.

Let's hope Bidlong goes somewhere serious beyond the realm of marketing though if he's marketing prison reform that's all to the good.

Update:
Ethan Brown has a supportive take on the "cracka" issue.

Since apparently people have gotten worked up about it let me say that it doesn't bother me unless it's directed at me.  I know a lot of progressive white people that refer to Southern white racists as crackers so we're not tripping on it though it does bother me when used to refer to an economic class of Southern whites.