4 Lanes' game is a nostalgic spin on Jermaine Dupri's 'Money Ain't a Thang'

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4 Lanes' game is a nostalgic spin on Jermaine Dupri's 'Money Ain't a Thang'

Posted on: May 20, 2015











If you're slacking on your pimpin', turn it up with Jermaine Dupri's new 4 Lanes iPhone game, which was inspired by the "switching four lanes" lyric from his and Jay Z's 1998 single "Money Ain't a Thang." The game's racing concept is similar to the song's music video.




The 42-year-old rapper and producer's leap into mobile gaming isn't as strange as you might think. Dupri, a lifetime gamer, has had his hand in the gaming industry since 2000, when he produced a tune for Ludacris that became the theme song for the Madden franchise.




"In my game, you have to collect as much money as you can and stay away from police cars," Dupri told Mashable. "It's not an easy game. It's not a game you just get on and kill it."

Dupri compares 4 Lanes to Subway Surfers, another game that "you don't just conquer, you keep getting pulled in to beat your high score or your friends' high scores."