A YouTube video parodying a popular rap song while promoting interesting facts and attractions of one of the country's more rural states has gone viral. The video "Granite State of Mind," which parodies rapper Jay Z's song "Empire State of Mind" to showcase some New Hampshire pride, was posted by Christian Wisecarver, who works for a video production company in Hampstead, and has received over 840,000 views in one week.
Except for one ill-placed expletive, the video is an "otherwise stellar rundown of all things New Hampshire, including everything from geography and landmarks to hot spots and newsmakers," Carol Robidoux of the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. "You know, the original was sort of begging to be parodied, the music is so catchy. It really started when I was listening to the lyrics of the Jay-Z video -- it just started to come together in my head," Wisecarver told Robidoux. (Read more)
UPDATE, April 10: A more traditional treatment of the charms of the Granite State was written a few years ago by Steve Taylor, a journalist who had become state agricultuire commissioner: "100 Things You Should Do to Know the Real New Hampshire." This week, Taylor was given the top alumni award from the University of New Hampshire. Read about him and the award.
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