Rappers have had a love affair with technology that started long before Biggie Smalls was name-checking Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. And their rhymes cover everything from the CEOs to mobile platforms. Here, we present you with the best tech references in rap:

Android

Tity Boi aka 2 Chainz: Got One

Asking me what I'm on

I say my bank account is on steroids

Trappin' off my Android

Tryin' not to go fed


Bill Gates

Outkast: Red Velvet

Bill Gates don't dangle diamonds in the face

Of peasants when he Microsoft'n in the place


Lil Wayne: Bill Gates

All these bitches and n****as is hatin'

I used to be ballin

But now I'm Bill Gatin'

Blackberry

Kanye West: I'm In It

Damn your lips very soft

As I turn my Blackberry off

And I turn your bath water on

And you turn off


Chief Keef feat. Riff Raff: Cuz My Gear

Weight, heartburn: Mylanta

Adversaries call me on my Blackberry

Now I'm in the laundry mat: Darryl


Blog

The Game: Ali Bomaye

N****s tough on them blogs and never did nothing at all

On the road to the riches, bitches not tagging along


Chirp (as in Nextel, Blackberry, etc.)

2 Chainz: I Love Dem Strippers

They say it's for the birds, so I bought a kilo

My Boost Mobile Chirpin', it must be my amigo


Kendrick Lamar: Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter's Daughter

She didn't tell, just gave me her Nextel

Dropped the number, we chirped the whole summer and well


Maceo: Nextel Chirp

N***a don't hit me on the Nextel chirp

If you're tryin to conversate about some motha fuckin' work


Email

Danny Brown: DNA

Bitches swimming topless in Chlorine off morphine

Emails on iPads don't answer when phone rings


Facebook

Kid Cudi: Make Her Say

Down, down for a damn, Cudi already said it

Her poker Facebook, I'd already read it


FaceTime

Fabolous: Killin 'em

Her body nice, face dime

Give her that iPhone 4, FaceTime

Google

Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj: Dance (Ass) Remix

Only time you on the net is when you Google my ass

N.O.R.E.: Google That

I really drink Tiger Balm (you could Google that)

And I shot n****s too (you could Google that)

See, I smoke big (you could Google that)


Higgs Boson

Chance the Rapper feat. Twista: Cocoa Butter Kisses

And when it come to rapping fast, I'm the Higgs Boson

And though my style freakish

I could still break your body down to five pieces like I did Voltron


Hewlett Packard

Lil Wayne: Lollipop

I Anita Bake-her, now she caught up in that Rapture

I got so much chips, I swear they call me Hewlett Packard


Instagram

Kanye West - Blood on the Leaves



She Instagram herself like #badbitchalert

He instagram his watch like #madrichalert


Nas: Daughters



Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted

A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it


Trinidad James: All Gold Everything

This one's for them colleges, those bad hoes at Spelman

Shoutout to all them freshman, on Instagram straight flexin' (woo!)


iChat

2Chainz feat. Drake and Lil Wayne : Where U Been?

I get high and I fly past, I don't know nothing 'bout iChat

I work in this iPhone they need an app called iTrap


iPad

Rick Ross: Fuck 'em

iPhone and iPad, Air Max, and my gat

Left hand got ten bands; back pocket, four stacks


iPod

Jay Z: The Prelude

Befo' Steve Jobs made the iPod

Was gettin' head jobs, we call that intimate

Kanye West: So Appalled

If God had a iPod, I'd be on his playlist

My phrases amazes the faces in places

iPhone

Rick Ross: 9 Piece

I'm smoking dope, I'm on my cell phone

I'm selling dope, straight off the iPhone

Lil Wayne: Let the Beat Build

Used to think my shit didn't stink boy was I wrong,

Approving million dollar deals from my iPhone


iTunes

Jay Z: DOA

This is anti-auto-tune, death of the ringtone,

This ain't for iTunes, this ain't for sing-alongs


Jailbreak

E-40 feat. Danny Brown: All My N***az

They rap and they sell coke

Bust ya head like a cantaloupe

In the summer a peacoat

My iPhone is jailbroke


Jpeg

RIP: Young Jeezy feat. 2 Chainz

A pocket full of dead prez

Attached to your girl like a .jpeg

Party scene turn to a murder scene


LOL

LOL :-): Trey Songz feat. Gucci Mane and Soulja Boy

Shawty just text me

Say she wanna sex me

LOL smiley face, LOL smiley face

Shawty sent a Twitpic

Saying come and get this

LOL smiley face, LOL smiley face


MacBook

A$AP Mob: Bath Salts

Ru-run up if you wanna

Mac in the backpack, right by the Macbook

And I rep that Harlem

And my Zombie


MySpace

Clipse: Keys Open Doors

At you make believe rappers I smile! HA!

Canal Streeting my style, like you internet sharing my files

You MySpace n****s


Lupe Fiasco: Hip Hop Saved My Life

Reps Northside, so he rocks them braids

Got 1100 friends on his MySpace page

Nintendo

Notorious B.IG.: Juicy

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis

When I was dead broke man I couldn't picture this

Netflix

2 Chainz feat. Fergie: Netflix

I smoked a blunt for dinner, another blunt for breakfast

2 Chainz, got 'em staring at my necklace

Let's make a sex tape and put it on Netflix


Trinidad James: Madden on Gamecube

So the next time you on the couch, chillin' lookin' at Netflix

Know that I was in yo' house, giving yo' bitch the business


A$AP Rocky: Brand New Guy

Twisting up weed, I'm digging her out

Just filling her out

Do all that shit you be talking about

While you gone? Shit, Netflix on your couch


Nokia

Jay Z: Girls, Girls, Girls

You remind me of my Jeep, but not no Kia

We can talk on my cell, but not Nokia

Samsung

Lil Wayne: Steady Mobbin'

You cannot reach me on my Samsung,

I'm busy fuckin' the world and givin' the universe my damn tongue


Sidekick

Lil Wayne: A Milli

Call me what you want bitch, call me on my Sidekick

Never answer if it's private, don't you hate a sly bitch?


Jay Z: Encore

If Hov's a Blackberry Bold, shorty is a Sidekick

Siri

The-Dream feat. 2 Chainz and Beyonce: Turnt

Turnt up, all the way to the ceiling

Burnt up, till you ain’t got no feeling

On my phone, like Siri,

Talkin bout you gon kill it


Sonos

Jay Z: Somewhereinamerica

Yellow Lambo in the driveway

A buck thirty-five, I'm on the highway

Frank Sinatra on my Sonos

Loud as fuck, I did it my way


Twitter

Jay Z: Tom Ford

Fuck hashtags and retweets,

140 characters in these streets

Chance the Rapper feat. Childish Gambino: Favorite Song

Dang Dang Dang Skeet skeet skeet

She do that thing for three retweets

Chance the Rapper: Everybody's Something

And why god's phone die everytime that I call on him?

If his son had a Twitter wonder if I would follow him?


Baby Bash feat. E-40: Go Girl

Beat it up like a champ, and, ah, she re-twitter

Bash Be Goin' Hard is the headline news


Zuckerberg

G.O.O.D. Music: The Morning

Love us or not, the Mark Zuckerbergs of the Block

Hug a knot, staying rich, we was built for the guap