Sunday, February 27, 2011

Context. Antoine Dodson. Hide Your Kids.

In case you didn't get what the title of my last post referred to, I decided to revisit a terrible crime (or attempted crime) that became a tremendously catchy song thanks to the magic of Auto-tune.

The back-story: there was a break-in in Madison County, AL, but instead of trying to steal stuff, the alleged criminal crawled into the bed of a sleeping Kelly Dodson and tried to rape her. Her brother, Antoine Dodson, came in to help, but the criminal escaped.

Then the media heard of the story and TV reporters were dispatched on the scene. Antoine proved to be highly quotable, and The Gregory Brothers remixed his voice into one of their catchy songs, fast-tracking Dodson to web immortality.

Here it is, first the story, then the video and song:

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