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This is where it all started. A simple newscast about whistle tips.
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Yep, Bubb Rubb & Lil Sis are still hangin' out at Miller Arts.
Come on in and see what's new! Whoo whoo!
So, somebody gets the idea to mix music with the newscast.
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Yep, Bubb Rubb had no idea of the beast that he had unleashed.
It's now starting to look like a cult following. Whoo whoo!
Then came the internet sensation. The Bubb Rubb Soundboard.
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Yep, it's been over a decade and people are still searching for a Bubb Rubb fix..
Damn junkies! Whoo whoo!
About
Bubb Rubb is a pseudonym of Lynell Griffin, a Bay Area resident who appeared in a local news segment on the controversial trend of “whistle tips,” a custom-modified exhaust pipe that generates deafening sounds of whistles during motor operation. While the news story focused on local residents’ complaints of constant noise in the neighborhood, Worrel stepped up to the camera in staunch advocacy of the whistle tips.
Origin
On January 13th, 2003, KRON-TV Channel 4[1] in San Francisco Bay Area covered a story about strange noise problems in the streets of Oakland, California, caused by a piece of metal added onto cars’ exhaust pipes. Among the local residents interviewed were Lynell Griffin, who who identified himself as “Bubb Rubb," and his associate "Lil Sis," who also defended the use of whistle tips.
Spread
Shortly after the broadcast of the interview segment, car hobbyists started passing around links to the original KRON news clip on automobile-related forums like VWVortex[2], Tundra Solutions[3] and HondaSwaps[4]. One of the VWVortext forum users, Mark Leinhos, sampled Bubb Rubb's quotes and created a hip-hop infused tune titled "Ghetto Hooptie Woo Remix"[5], which was uploaded onto Leinho's website under his online handle "Evil Shift Key." Within two weeks, the song was downloaded more than 25,000 times.
KRON's Cease & Desist
Shortly after the broadcast of the interview segment, car hobbyists started passing around links to the original KRON news clip on automobile-related forums like VWVortex[2], Tundra Solutions[3] and HondaSwaps[4]. One of the VWVortext forum users, Mark Leinhos, sampled Bubb Rubb's quotes and created a hip-hop infused tune titled "Ghetto Hooptie Woo Remix"[5], which was uploaded onto Leinho's website under his online handle "Evil Shift Key." Within two weeks, the song was downloaded more than 25,000 times.
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