Hip-hop legend RZA has created a new tune to replace a famous ice cream truck jingle, which has a racist history.

The Wu-Tang Clan artist said he is collaborating with ice cream vendor Good Humor to replace the widely known "Turkey in the Straw" tune. RZA made the announcement in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday, saying the jingle was used in American minstrel shows. As NPR reports, the tune borrows from that of a racist 1916 song from Colombia Records titled "N****r Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"Do you remember that ice cream jingle?" the musician asked. "Of course — we all know it. I’m not gonna play it right now, though, because we come to find out that it has racist roots. But check this out. Good Humor they called me up and they was like, ‘We gotta do something about this, Riz. We can change the dynamics. We can make a new ice cream jingle for a new era.’”

SOUND ON ????We teamed up with Wu-Tang Clan’s @RZA to create a new ice cream truck jingle for a new era. Listen to the full track here: https://t.co/BVhQKNIenI
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— Good Humor (@GoodHumor) August 13, 2020

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