TY - JOUR T1 - ‘Kool Mixx’ remix: How Al Capone cigarillos infiltrated Hip-Hop to promote cigarillos use among African-Americans JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - e159 LP - e160 DO - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054816 VL - 29 IS - e1 AU - William Garner AU - Betsy Brock AU - Esha Seth Y1 - 2020/12/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/29/e1/e159.abstract N2 - Al Capone is a brand of cigar products—little cigars, cigarillos and large cigars—manufactured and distributed in the USA by the Inter-Continental Cigar.1 2 Burger Sohne, which owns the Al Capone brand, has the stated goal of cultivating ‘smiling consumers, loyal to (its) brands, in every continent.’3 To that end, Inter-Continental Cigar relies heavily on online marketing through social media platforms to advertise, market and promote the Al Capone brand of cigar products to consumers.4–6 A specific example of the Al Capone brand’s use of social media marketing is its paid sponsorship and promotional collaboration with cult-favourite battle rap league, Ultimate Rap League (URL).Battle rap is a subgenre of Hip-Hop music that originated in the African-American and Hispanic community of the South Bronx, New York in the late ’70s and early ’80s. A type of lyrical boxing match, battle rap is typified by its poetic ‘braggadocio with the quest for lyrical superiority.’7 As with other forms of transgressive play practices, battle rap is an inherently subversive lyrical exchange where players are offensive for … ER -