Meet the Bay Area Rappers Who Want You to Eat a Salad

"Though Stunnaman had already had certified hits like "Big Steppin'" (which even has an official 49ers' remix), his catchy 2024 ode to his love of leafy greens, "Eat a Salad," is what put him in the pantheon of health-conscious Frisco rappers. In the song, Stunnaman extols the nutritious properties of fresh ingredients like "lemon, lime, honey ... agave if you're vegan." To promote the single, he posted videos of himself performing custom verses that were essentially recipes for different salads he would prepare on camera -"

"Meanwhile, Berkeley and San Francisco were at the forefront of the natural food movement, going back to the hippie counterculture and "back to the land" movements of the '70s. When Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, it helped kick off a national farm-to-table movement that crowned Northern California the mecca of healthy food. Eating organic, biking and yoga all became part of the region's political and moral identity."

Jordan Gomes, known as Stunnaman02, released the 2024 single "Eat a Salad," celebrating fresh ingredients and elevating health-conscious themes within Bay Area hip-hop. The song lists items like lemon, lime, honey and agave, and was promoted with videos in which Stunnaman performed custom verses that doubled as recipes for salads such as Asian chicken, watermelon with Tajin, and quinoa salad soup. Berkeley and San Francisco historically led a natural food and farm-to-table movement since the 1970s, influenced by Chez Panisse and countercultural trends. Regional practices like eating organic, biking and yoga became part of the area's political and moral identity, and the Black Panthers emphasized healthy breakfasts for children in low-income neighborhoods.

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