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The Light It Up Contest -- geohot

geohot · 3.1M views · 2011-02-13 · 0:54

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Overview

A one-minute rap by George Hotz (geohot) aimed at Sony, made as an entry for a contest while Sony was suing him over the PS3 jailbreak. It is a humorous diss track delivered from the middle of the lawsuit.

On Hacker News

HN mostly brings it up as a funny, cocky artifact of the Hotz-versus-Sony fight, sometimes with a skeptical eye on how seriously he took the lawsuit.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2011–2025

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What people said

WelcomeShorty · 2023-05 · Recommendation

Oh yes, Sony at it, again. [LINK] I have since never bought a Sony, although I really loved their products. Here's geohot's brilliant reply: [VIDEO]

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Havoc · 2025-05 · Joke / meme

Well he called sony fudge packers in a youtube rap dis track after they sued him so I wouldn't hold my breath on that one [VIDEO]

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jjoonathan · 2022-08 · Joke / meme

He has explored other heavy hitting strategies too. Rap Battle: [VIDEO] When the rap battle didn't work, (probably) causing a $171M outage and getting away with it: [LINK] Absolute legend.

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