Out of all the foods rappers have formed relationships with—Rick Ross's lobster bisque breakfast, Kanye's fish fillet snobbery, Drake's tuna sandwich heartbreak—it's tofu that has a generation of rappers' noggins truly twisted. When it comes to the humble coagulated bean curd, your favorite spitters are never shy about airing out their personal philosophies on the issue—and for a food as bland as tofu, a surprisingly motley range of opinions have been expressed through rhyme.
Some rappers have pledged a firm allegiance to the pro-soy camp, whereas others sound like they'd experience a panic attack if someone replaced their beloved steak with a piece of grilled, marinated tofu. Some artists are all about bigging up the food's health benefits, while others stick solely to their taste buds when it comes to weighing the dish. Beyond actually eating tofu, it's also been invoked in creative ways: it's been characterized as a paler form of beef, used to threaten rival MCs, and held up as an unlikely status symbol (not to mention at least one case of an artist blaming its placement in their local Whole Foods for scuppering a romantic tryst.)
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