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But Lil Dicky uses Jewish motifs in his music whenever he can, from wearing traditional Jewish garb as a cartoon character, to the synagogue landscape, matzah and Israeli flags in All K, to the interludes with his overly Jewish, overprotective parents on his debut studio album, Professional Rapper.
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Yes, Drake threw himself an adult Bar Mitzvah in HYFR, and Mac Miller wears t-shirts in Hebrew and has a Star of David tattoo, and Action Bronson brags about drinking Manischewitz. This is why it’s ultimately Lil Dicky’s Jewishness that truly sets him apart as a rapper. The music videos, for one, are certainly risqué and brimming with NSFW content.īut then again, that’s what has made Jewish comedians like David so relatable, by presenting scenarios that pay homage to their heritage, while simultaneously ripping it apart (see the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode called “Palestinian Chicken”). Like his icon Larry David, Lil Dicky has a tendency to use his culture, and consequently, his religion, as focal points in his content, and has written his fair share of lyrics that could be deemed controversial, particularly to the Jewish community. Sure, there are many conscious and intelligent rappers out there, but how many of them boast about graduating first-of-their-class from Richmond? How many rose to superstardom by rapping about how small their penises are when compared to other men they checked out at the urinal?
It’s his origin story, his frugality (and desire to seek fame over fortune), his focus on being the first proud, privileged white male in rap, and his unrelenting devotion to making fun of himself. He’s the antithesis of what you’d expect a rapper to be, and not only because he’s white and Jewish. Where rappers like Childish Gambino, Drake, and even Kanye West have already obliterated the “traditional” hip hop narrative, Lil Dicky takes it to the next level. Once that money ran out, he launched a (successful) Kickstarter campaign that asked his fans to “fund phase two” of his rapping career. Excited by the notion of succeeding as a rapper/comedian, he left his career as a copywriter with advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, and devoted his efforts, and his bar mitzvah money (some $10,000 US), to his music. After conversing with Dicky, however, I realized that this was not at all the case he’s simply brutally honest, blunt, and passionate about what he’s doing.īorn David Burd and raised in an upper middle class Jewish family in the Elkins Park neighbourhood of Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia, Lil Dicky rose to prominence with his first-ever YouTube video, Ex-Boyfriend, which garnered a million hits in a mere 24 hours. Having read the Noisey article that labelled him an “asshole,” I was slightly anxious. I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Lil Dicky as I waited backstage for him ahead of his performance at the Hoxton nightclub in Toronto.
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