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A parody of Chamillionaire’s “Ridin'”, where the narrator wished he could be a gangsta instead of a caucasian geek.

“Weird Al” says his default answer to the question “What is your favorite parody?” is “White & Nerdy”, as it’s his “most autobiographical” song.

The song made it to number nine on the charts and is to date his biggest hit and the only to make it to the top ten.

In the video, Al and a few other singers are dressed and act like white rappers such as the Beastie Boys, Vanilla Ice, or Eminem. It also includes comedy duo Key & Peele among others who act like gangstas and interact with Weird Al’s character.

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What has Al said about the song?
Genius Answer

Weird Al told GQ:

I don’t think it was, like, spontaneous inspiration. I think I probably sat with a Chamillionaire track, ‘cause that was a huge hit. And I was like, 'What can I do with this?’ And then I thought, ‘Oh, white and nerdy! That’s my life. That’s my whole existence. I don’t need to research this song. I spent my whole life doing research on this song.’ So, the ideas came pretty quickly, and I had dozens of pages of notes. ‘Cause, I wanted to write down every single nerdy thing that I’d ever done, or thought about doing in my life, and put it all in one song.

Key and Peele, at this point, I believe are probably most famous for being on ‘Mad TV.’ I think I knew Key, or we had some mutual friends, and I thought, ‘Oh, these guys would be great, I love these guys.’ To this day, people are discovering that Key and Peele are in the video. Like, ‘Oh, I just watched the 'White & Nerdy’ video, Key and Peele are in the video!‘ It blows their minds.

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