The Copa Issue 9 / July 2014 | Page 20

We don’t know who this guy is, but he seems to show up at all the same events we are at. Sometimes we just catch him making kids laugh, and for some reason, we are always getting requests to have Hip-Hop Vader show up to special events in the Copa. We don’t know when or where he will show up, or if anyone really invites him, but his videos have become legend. If you got to HeyMaricopaTV.com, you can see why the Academy Awards are trying to figure out how to include short videos in their presentation with the best movies of the year. Okay, maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but a big part part of the success of the HeyMaricopaTV brand is due to the local popularity of Hip-Hop Vader. If destiny is kind, there’s almost a certainty of him becoming internationally known to rock an air guitar. Hip-Hop Vader was most infamously described live-on-air by Fox 10 New’s Cory McClosky, as, “some mute character running around Maricopa.” We understand there are some grumpy trolls out there that never want to smile about life—that don’t understand when you live in the middle of the desert, where it can smell like cows, and never rain—you have to a sense of humor about all this! We understand their distaste, and we wish them the best of luck in their pursuit of misery. If you haven’t seen Hip-Hop Vader in action, tune in to HeyMaricopaTV.com and check out the shenanigans. You also might recognize some of your friends around the community.