Rap Snacks celebrates 30 years in business

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

No way he pays those rappers

 

[get these nets]

Rap Snacks CEO honors Black food pioneers with Crum chips​

2/23/25

George Crum (left) and James Lindsay (right). Photo: Courtesy of Rap Snacks

James Lindsay, Philadelphia native and Rap Snacks CEO, is celebrating Black innovation by launching Crum chips, a nod to the Black chef credited with creating the potato chip.
Why it matters: Black innovators have shaped industries, but many — like George Crum — were erased from history while others capitalized on their creations.
The big picture: Lindsay's Black History Month tribute also marks Rap Snacks' 30th anniversary.

• Crum chips will be available later this year in two flavors: original and cheese, onion and chives.

Catch up quick: In the mid-19th century, Crum — a chef at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York — changed food history out of sheer frustration.

• After a customer repeatedly complained about thick, soggy fried potatoes, Crum sliced them extremely thin, fried them until crispy, and seasoned them with salt — thus creating the potato chip.
• "If Crum hadn't gotten frustrated that evening in Saratoga and sliced those potatoes paper-thin, we may not have chips," Lindsay told Axios.

Between the lines: As popular as chips have become, Lindsay says few people know Crum's story or name.

• By launching Crum chips, Lindsay says he's ensuring that the Black culinary innovator gets the credit he deserves not just in history, but on store shelves — similar to how Uncle Nearest honored Nearest Green, the first known African American master distiller.
• "I wanted to do the same for Crum," Lindsay said, referencing how the distillery's CEO Fawn Weaver acknowledged the former slave who taught Jack Daniel the art of making Tennessee whiskey.

 

[neomerge]

First heard about them in 2005. Stat quo used to have a flavor.

 

[mozichrome]

havent had any in a long time
Loved the ones with Migos on them "Sour Cream with a Dab of Ranch"
the one with Romeo on them was good too "BBQing with my homies"

 

[Mac Ten]

Master P and his son Romeo are the reason that I love Rap Snacks


I’m glad that we still have a brand that didn’t fade out like Fubu

 

[Prince Akeem]

Their chips are legit good. The gumbo flavor and the Lil Baby all in are fire.

The stores are slower to restock them though.