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Thought the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9oR2EmU854&utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=important-franchise-reminder-dont-try-to-make-your-brand-cool-by-rapping-1911" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hipster-dad reincarnation of the Hamburglar</a> was the first time <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/home.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=important-franchise-reminder-dont-try-to-make-your-brand-cool-by-rapping-1911" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McDonald&#8217;s</a> trotted out a cringe-worthy brand revamp in order to be one of the kewl kids? Think again, sucka! As A.V. Club <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/word-your-nuggets-30-years-mcdonalds-wackest-hip-h-221183?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=important-franchise-reminder-dont-try-to-make-your-brand-cool-by-rapping-1911" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recently pointed out</a>, the burger giant has tried to be down with the youngins in the past by applying some serious &#8216;tude to its corporate image. Look no further than the above advertisement, which, much like that video in &#8220;The Ring,&#8221; will ultimately lead to your destruction if you watch it for too long. If, for some deranged reason, you want more, visit <a href="http://mcdonalds.hiphop/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=important-franchise-reminder-dont-try-to-make-your-brand-cool-by-rapping-1911" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mcdonalds.hiphop</a>, a clearinghouse for the facepalmiest &#8220;urban&#8221; ads McDonald&#8217;s has to offer. And franchise brands, let this be a lesson: Please, please, please don&#8217;t start rapping to get teens to buy your burgers.

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