North Carolina Lawmaker Proposes Making Petey Pablo’s “Raise Up” the State’s Official Hip-Hop Anthem

North Carolina Lawmaker Proposes Making Petey Pablo’s “Raise Up” the State’s Official Hip-Hop Anthem

North Carolina might be getting an official hip-hop anthem, and it’s none other than Petey Pablo’s Raise Up. Senate Bill 512, filed by Durham Democrat Natalie Murdock, is pushing to give the 2001 hit some official state love. Even if you’re not into hip-hop, you’ve heard the song Raise Up, especially at sporting events. The song’s famous hook “take your shirt off and twist it ‘round your head like a helicopter,” has as much state pride as you ca…

Potential North Carolina laws that make you raise up and say Wooooo!

The North Carolina Legislative Building in 1977 (Photo by Walton Haywood. From Color Transparency series, General Negatives Collection, State Archives of North Carolina.)This caught my eye:On Tuesday, 283 bills were introduced in the North Carolina Senate. Why, you ask? Because they all waited until the very last minute. The filing deadline was at 4 p.m. (The house has until April 3 to introduce new legislation). So what does that mean? It means…