Tony B. give News Groper a shout out in his rap. I’m thinking startups are a lot like rappers when it comes to East Coast-West Coast rivalry.

meghanasha:

Tony Bacigalupo was a SUPERSTAR at Ignite NYC last night. He created the funniest hardcore NYC Geek Startup Rap Song, check out the lyrics (below), along with the video:

Well, my name is Tony
I’m building New Work City
It’s a coworking space
And it’s gonna be pretty

But the topic today
About which I’m gonna speaks,
Is a problem I’ve seen in the scene:

2. WHERE ARE THE GEEKS?

The tech scene here in New York is pretty tight
We’ve got some solid startups that are doing all right
Meetup, Drop.io, Tumblr, Hakia, I’m In Like With You,
NewsGroper, Path 101, Kickapps, and AdaptiveBlue to name a few

But not all is well in the

3. SILICON ALLEY

We’re getting overshadowed by those playaz in the Valley
Now New York doesn’t like to be number two
So we’re gonna take a look at what we can do
……