Maybe you know Chet Hanx, the rapping son of screen icon Tom Hanks. A decade ago, when he was still a student using the name “Chet Haze,” Hanx was a huge Videogum favorite. A year ago, Hanx was the man who announced to the world that his parents had coronavirus. At present, Hanx is best known for the phrase “White Boy Summer” of three words. On Instagram a few weeks ago, Hanx announced to the world, “I just got the feeling, man, that this summer is going to be a white boy.”
This track immediately went viral because of its fascinating level of insignificance – because it blissfully ignores the idea that it’s basically been a white boy summer for thousands of years. (Hanx made it clear that he’s not talking about Trump, you know, NASCAR-type whites’, which is helpful.) Instead of going back, Hanx stepped in and said ‘White Boy Summer’. merchandise that vaguely resembles white power- ish. Today, Hanx released a new song about the white summer that, as he insists, is going to happen soon.
As a piece of music and as a video, ‘White Boy Summer’ is a fascinating kaleidoscope of cultural appropriation. The song sounds a bit like Bay Area hyphy. In the video, Hanx dances with a series of women and bounces his head off their asses. He folds himself into a Jamaican flag and poses next to a lowrider. He also falls into a false pathos: “Bad gyal, white don dada / rude bwoy, this is a white boy summer.” He notices that ‘white girls love Madonna’? It is very. Testify to that below.
In more serious news, TMZ reports that Chet Hanx’s ex is now suing him for $ 1 million and alleging physical abuse. Hanx’s lawyers deny the charges.