A rapper who goes by the name Uncle Apple makes educational hip-hop songs for kids and every one of them absolutely slaps
If you’ve spent any time around young kids, you’ve almost certainly also experienced kids’ music—which is all too often high-pitched, frenetic, and incredibly annoying even before it gets stuck in your head for weeks on end. Kids aren’t exactly known for having exceptional taste in the arts, and music made for them tends to reflect that—until now. Finally, there’s kids’ music that adults can also enjoy, thanks to hip-hop performer Uncle Apple.
Uncle Apple’s real name is Kyle Lucas, but he started making music in 2018 under the nickname given to him by his niece. His music is catchy as hell—and it teaches kids important lessons about things like eating their vegetables, washing their hands, and playing outside.
Uncle Apple recently got some love on TikTok when one woman’s video about a crying kid in an airport went viral for mentioning him.
@im_thehbic Where was this when I was younger? #Music #UncleApple #AuntieTok
♬ original sound – Sierra
“Honestly, it slaps,” she says in the video, and she’s 100% right. It does slap. Here’s a sampling from Uncle Apple’s own TikTok page, for the uninitiated.
@uncleappleraps Do the wash your hands dance 🦠🧼💧🙌 #kidsmusic #hiphop #rap #kids #childrensmusic #uncleapple #washyourhands #water #health #education
♬ Wash Your Hands – Uncle Apple
And my personal favorite, “Vegetables.”
@uncleappleraps Comment your favorite vegetable below!!! 🌶🥕🥬🥦🥒🥗🍆 🧄🍠🥔🌽🫑🥗#hiphop #rap #rapper #kidsmusic #kidshealth #kids #vegetables #cooking #childrensmusic #uncleapple #vegancooking
♬ Vegetables – Uncle Apple
While Lucas also has a more grown-up music career, his persona as a kids’ music star seems to be about to take off. He recently told Boing Boing that big things are in the works.
‘We’ve also been developing a cartoon around the Uncle Apple character that I am REALLY excited about,” he said. “It’s in the beginning stages but we’ve had some great meetings with networks about it. There’s no release day yet, but in the meantime, I will be releasing a lot more Uncle Apple songs and content. I hope parents and kids can connect and enjoy this music together!”
And to think, a whole generation of kids subjected their parents to Caillou when this could have existed. The times, they are a-changin’.
