On this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live episode, Pete Davidson and Jack Harlow break down what an NFT, or non-fungible token is through rap. The sketch is inspired by Eminem’s “Without Me” both in the song, and its video, with Davidson wearing a Robin costume throughout the musical sketch.
The sketch starts inside a school classroom. Kate McKinnon is seen playing Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen who is talking to the class of students. When asked if anyone had questions for Yellen, Davidson raises his hand, then starts rapping. “Two silicon boys were talking outside, talking outside, talking outside,” Davidson starts the rap “What the hell’s an NFT? / Apparently cryptocurrency / Everyone’s making so much money / Can you please explain what’s an NFT / It’s like real-life Monopoly / Everyone’s doing it, like Gronkowski / Can you please help me make an NFT?”
Another verse is rapped by Chris Redd dressed as the Matrix’s Morpheus. Jack Harlow then comes in, as he appears in the classroom as a janitor for the school. Harlow jumps in to explain NFTs a bit more eloquently, rapping “Here’s the thing about NFTs / It’s a non-fungible token you see / Non-fungible means that it’s unique/ There can only be one like you and me / NFTs are insane, built on a block chain / A digital ledger of transactions / It records information on what’s happening / When it’s minted you can sell it as art/ And this concludes my rapping part.”
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