--- title: Stranger Things Fans Make Rap Tribute on Youtube description: Kids celebrate the return of Stranger Things by creating the cutest rap tribute to Eleven, Mike and the rest of the gang. canonical: https://time.com/4993180/stranger-things-rap-tribute/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-23T14:34:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:12.662Z og:title: This 'Stranger Things' Rap Tribute Is Absolutely Perfect og:description: "Friends don't lie. Friends don't lie" og:url: https://time.com/4993180/stranger-things-rap-tribute/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f76a23c44a617d3/6988e0abbc6cfce0073e3626/171005-netflix-price-increase.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 171005-netflix-price-increase og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This 'Stranger Things' Rap Tribute Is Absolutely Perfect twitter:description: "Friends don't lie. Friends don't lie" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f76a23c44a617d3/6988e0abbc6cfce0073e3626/171005-netflix-price-increase.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This _Stranger Things_ Rap Tribute Is Absolutely Perfect by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 23, 2017 2:34 PM UTC  Stranger Things Stranger ThingsJackson Lee Davis—Netflix by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 23, 2017 2:34 PM UTC Just ahead of [the second season of _Stranger Things_](http://time.com/4971206/stranger-things-season-2-release-date/), three [superfans](http://time.com/4975090/stranger-things-theories-questions/) are getting into the spirit with a rap tribute. While some fans are content to just sit back and absorb the Netflix show’s brilliance, others have to create something of their own. That’s what amateur rapper Esteban “Mini” Serrano, 10, his brother Mikael Serrano, 7 (the one holding the waffles), and beat maker Josyah “JoJo” Lavina-Maldonado, 13, did with their recent YouTube video. In front of their very own makeshift Christmas light-stringed wall, Serrano spits a reverent rap that condenses the plot of season one, revisiting some of the most beloved parts of the cult hit, from vindicated “weirdos” to the kids’ “friends don’t lie” policy. If this video doesn’t make this trio honorary members of the A. V. club, then nothing will. It only garnered 34 views as of Monday morning, but it deserves to spread just as far as panic in Hawkins, Indiana. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4993180/stranger-things-rap-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4993180/stranger-things-rap-tribute/"},"headline":"This Stranger Things Rap Tribute Is Absolutely Perfect","datePublished":"2017-10-23T14:34:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:12.662Z","description":"\"Friends don't lie. Friends don't lie\"","url":"https://time.com/4993180/stranger-things-rap-tribute/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","Stranger Things","onetime","Stranger Things Netflix","netflix stranger things"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f76a23c44a617d3/6988e0abbc6cfce0073e3626/171005-netflix-price-increase.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f76a23c44a617d3/6988e0abbc6cfce0073e3626/171005-netflix-price-increase.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"171005-netflix-price-increase","caption":"2","creditText":"Jackson Lee Davis—Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4993180/stranger-things-rap-tribute/","name":"This Stranger Things Rap Tribute Is Absolutely Perfect"}}]}] ```