Penn State OL coach Herb Hand helped raise money for charity and showed off his rapping skills (Video)
Besides being known for his social media prowess, Penn State offensive line coach Herb Hand is also a big hip-hop fan. He put that on display on Sunday.
Hand, who is also a food aficionado, teamed up Penn State student-run blog Onward State to hold the first annual “Herb Hand Pizza Crawl.”
The @CoachHand & @OnwardState Pizza Crawl benefiting @PSU_Uplifting & @bands4RAINN has kicked off w/a great turn out. pic.twitter.com/EwaB2lExDZ
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) April 27, 2014
For the price of a ticket and a t-shirt (all proceeds went to charity), participants toured several pizza establishments in the State College area with Hand and at one point the coach decided to put his rapping skills on display by dropping a few lines from Rakim’s “Microphone Fiend.”
The Pizza Crawl event raised close to $5,000 for charities, and Hand is hoping to one day move the event to a larger stage like Beaver Stadium.
This is fun. RT @CoachHand: Bangin' the Gong at @CanyonPizzaPSU - where this whole thing started! pic.twitter.com/gP8S7LHTya
— Onward State (@OnwardState) April 27, 2014
Thanks to all of your generosity, the @CoachHand Pizza Crawl raised almost $5,000 for @UpliftingAth and @Bands4RAINN. Great crowd!
— Onward State (@OnwardState) April 27, 2014
We’ll leave you with a few of Coach Hand’s hip-hop picks that he’s tweeted out in recent weeks.
#TBT A lunchtime Yo! MTV Raps classic "Oh Finster Baby come to Papa Duke - A babaloo,ooh,a babaloo boogedy boo" https://t.co/sK0yl5keup
— Herb Hand (@CoachHand) March 27, 2014
Got some Old School TRUE Hip Hop rolling in the office this afternoon - "Come...Get some you little bum" https://t.co/3gPi2qqy7Y
— Herb Hand (@CoachHand) March 6, 2014
The man definitely has good taste.
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