{"id":586859,"date":"2021-07-09T11:05:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586859"},"modified":"2021-07-09T11:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:05:46","slug":"dating-app-looks-to-improve-black-vaccination-rates-with-vax-that-thang-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dating-app-looks-to-improve-black-vaccination-rates-with-vax-that-thang-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dating App Looks To Improve Black Vaccination Rates With \u2018Vax That Thang Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdating-app-looks-to-improve-black-vaccination-rates-with-vax-that-thang-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1171491624-e1625842095549.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>As part of the wider push for every American to be vaccinated \u2014 with the Biden administration saying they plan on implementing \u201cdoor-to-door outreach\u201d&nbsp;\u2014 Juvenile has re-released his 22-year-old hit, \u201cBack That Thang Up,\u201d with a COVID-19 twist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The YouTube channel for BLK, a dating app for black singles, released the video for \u201cVax That Thang Up,\u201d with the original lyrics swapped out to apparently encourage the black community to get vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLK presents \u201cVax That Thang Up\u201d ft. Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, and Mia X\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pa_gk3X5UEE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe classic song is now enjoying a new life as a reworked, pro-vaccine paean that could prove to be a stroke of genius in the battle against COVID-19 in the black community,\u201d noted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2021\/jul\/07\/juvenile-vax-that-thang-up-vaccine-song\"><span>The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBefore you find a date, yeah, you gotta wait, yeah,\u201d Juvenile raps as the song opens. \u201cGotta go vaccinate yeah, get it straight, yeah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mannie Fresh then adds, \u201cGirl, you can be the queen, aft\u0435r quarantine. We can meet up at the spot and we can do the thing,\u201d while Mia X joins, \u201cIf you wanna get sticky and hot; Go, go, go, go get the shot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other lyrics include, \u201c<\/span><span>Girl you look good once you vax that thang up. You a handsome young brother once you vax that thang up. Dating in real life, you need to vax that thang up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t know what we\u2019re facing right now but we really do all need to be vaccinated so we can continue to do our thing and survive,\u201d Juvenile said in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2021\/07\/07\/juvenile-remix-vax-that-thang-up-song-promotes-vaccination\/7888527002\/\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span> from BLK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI just wanted to do something positive for my people and to stand in the front to show that I\u2019m willing to sacrifice my life not just for me but also for my family,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDo not let your guard down,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/juvenile-updates-back-that-azz-up-vax-that-thang-up\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> Mannie Fresh, who also produced the original song, \u201cBack That Thang Up.\u201d \u201cGet vaccinated. I did this project because I wanted to educate my people and I wanted us to live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults between the ages of 18 and 29 made up the lowest group of people who had been vaccinated from December 22, 2020 to May 22, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, black Americans are getting vaccinated at much <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/coronavirus-covid-19\/issue-brief\/latest-data-on-covid-19-vaccinations-race-ethnicity\/\"><span>lower rates<\/span><\/a><span> than white Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>As of June 28, 60% of the vaccinated population identify as white, compared to the 9% who identify as black,\u201d reported the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/07\/vax-that-thang-up-juveniles-hit-song-gets-2021-transformation\/\"><span>New York Post<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have a direct line to the audience that needs to internalize this message,\u201d said Jonathan Kirkland, BLK head of brand and marketing. \u201cThe song may be playful and fun, but the underlying message is as real as it gets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith low vaccination rates, plus the Delta variant, this can move actually very quickly to devastate the Black communities, particularly in our urban centers \u2014 again,\u201d UC San Francisco epidemiologist Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo <\/span><span>told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-07-05\/cause-for-alarm-covid-19-hospitalizations-worsen-for-blacks-in-l-a-county\"><span>The Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWhen you see rising numbers of cases, you have to pay attention, because it means that those people are susceptible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span> member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the wider push for every American to be vaccinated \u2014 with the Biden administration saying they plan on implementing \u201cdoor-to-door outreach\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Juvenile has re-released his 22-year-old hit, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314331,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1171491624-e1625842095549.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dating App Looks To Improve Black Vaccination Rates With \u2018Vax That Thang Up\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1171491624-e1625842095549.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dating App Looks To Improve Black Vaccination Rates With \u2018Vax That Thang Up\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}