First watch the actual news footage from local news in Mobile, Alabama, a day or two before St. Patrick's Day:

Channel 15 news story

There's at least one other report that aired on another station, too:

More Leprechaun News

Now you're ready to check out the hiphop video mix, posted to the internet not long afterwards:

Gimme The Gold

This seems to be authentic, not a hoax. (Well, I'm not saying that the leprechaun really exists, but this "news event" apparently actually made it to the air on at least two local stations, and some creative young person apparently saw this "news" and then conceived the song/video.) If it was a hoax in the sense of being staged to attract the newscasters' attention for purposes of promoting a preconceived musical presentation, that would be amazing beyond belief.

A note to you foreigners in other outposts of the English-speaking world, who might not be able to understand the local folks being interviewed: this is actual African-American English, as spoken here on the Gulf Coast. It's undeniably rhythmic, isn't it, and arguably quite melodic as well ~ the "songwriter"/video producer found it pretty easy to weave his samples together into a coherent piece, without even any key changes.

Not only did I find this absolutely hilarious, I also seem to have found a new grudging appreciation for hiphop, which I never liked or understood in the least until now. This particular piece really tickled me, and I can kinda see what all the hype is about.

PS ~ My feelings won't be hurt if this is reassigned to "BS," but I submit that this is a music topic, not non-music at all...