{"id":637581,"date":"2010-01-22T01:53:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T06:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=89739"},"modified":"2010-01-22T01:53:33","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T06:53:33","slug":"%e2%80%9cpants-on-the-ground%e2%80%9d-singer-record-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/637581","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPants On The Ground\u201d Singer Record Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Larry Platt is the biggest sensation to hit the audition room on the ninth season of American Idol,<\/em> and there may be a recording contract in the retiree’s future. Platt famously lambasted the saggy pants-wearing culture common with an overwhelming number of men under 30 in his self-written ditty, “Pants On The Ground.” <\/p>\n

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The song became an overnight anthem. Fans have hit YouTube more than 3 million times to view the infamous video of General Larry swaying and James Brownin’ It as he chants: “Pants On The Ground\/Pants On The Ground\/Lookin’ Like A Fool With Your Pants On The Ground….”<\/em> The phrase even became a trending topic on Twitter. <\/p>\n

Now, the Atlanta homeless shelter employee — who marched with Dr. King during the Civil Rights Movement — is on course to become Idol’s<\/em> next William Hung if Jake Records has its way. Platt, 63, has been offered a deal with the label, says Jake CEO Scott Thomas. Jake is an independent label that launched in 2008 and counts alt-rappers Digital Underground among the artists on its roster.<\/p>\n

“General Larry Platt has an energy about him that is infectious,”<\/em> Thomas praised the veteran in a release Wednesday. “We’d love to work with Mr. Platt to generate some exposure for his original song, but also the causes that he holds near and dear to him.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Platt appeared on The View<\/em> on Monday to perform the song, and inspired both Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre and Jimmy Fallon to cover the hit. According to TMZ.com, Platt never obtained a copyright for “Pants On The Ground,” so he is looking to hire a lawyer to help him collect some kind of compensation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Larry Platt is the biggest sensation to hit the audition room on the ninth season of American Idol, and there may be a recording contract in the retiree’s future. Platt famously lambasted the saggy pants-wearing culture common with an overwhelming number of men under 30 in his self-written ditty, “Pants On The Ground.” ATL […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2FRz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}