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Streams of The Honey Drippers' Iconic "Impeach The President" Soar Following Announcement of Trump's Impeachment Inquiry
Streams of The Honey Drippers' Iconic "Impeach The President" Soar Following Announcement of Trump's Impeachment Inquiry
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Streams of The Honey Drippers' Iconic "Impeach The President" Soar Following Announcement of Trump's Impeachment Inquiry

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY. Source: Youtube

The holy grail break clocked in a 1,053% surge in streams.

The Honey Drippers' iconic single "Impeach The President" is enjoying a late-phase breakout moment in the streaming age. Not coincidentally, the spike lines up with -- and was entirely spurred by -- the current president's very real impeachment inquiry, which was announced by Congress earlier this week.

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According to Billboard, on September 24th (the day The House of Representatives announced the inquiry,) the holy grail break racked up 52,000 on-demand audio and video streams, spiking 1,053% compared to the previous days' 4,000 streams.

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Initially released in 1973 as then-president Richard Nixon's impeachment proceedings were beginning to heat up, "Impeach The President" wasn't a hit in its own decade. But 10 years down the line, Force MCs cracked the seal on a break that would be sampled thousands of times over the following forty years, cementing the opening drum phrase as its own pillar to hip-hop.

Give The Honey Drippers' "Impeach The President" a timely spin below. Hold tight for a tweet from The Orange One condemning a new group of witch-hunting musicians.