New Orleans Rap Moguls Now Also Oil and Gas Moguls

God, the news is bad. Bin Laden is calling for “drastic solutions.” (More drastic?!) The Italian mafia has been sinking cargo ships full of radioactive waste in the Mediterranean. Paul Krugman should basically start ending his pieces on the administration’s economic policy with “but I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance.” But know hope: I think we may have found the answers to all these problems, and more: New Orleans rap kingpins Ronald and Bryan “Baby” Williams Williams, cofounders of Cash Money Records, have started an “environmentally friendly” energy company, Bronald Oil & Gas.

From the website:

Bronald Oil & Gas, LLC is an independent oil and gas company focused, on the exploration, production and development of oil and gas reserves from conventional and unconventional formations. The Company is initially focused on exploration and development properties in Osage County, Oklahoma, as well as in Texas, Louisiana and Florida in the United States and in Central America. Bronald’s long-term strategy is to grow through development and via the acquisition of prospective acreage that complements its existing assets and exploits the abilities of the Company’s technical resources. Bronald is committed to working cooperatively with governments and private enterprise to recover energy from known oil and gas reserves throughout North and Central America in an environmentally friendly manner. Bronald intends to utilize both historically successful technologies and means, as well as new innovations and technology, to recover energy resources in both and economic and environmentally efficient manner. Bronald is committed to preserving the environment, promoting worker safety and maximizing the potential output of various oil and gas assets.

To commemorate his commitment to the company, Baby got a tattoo of an oil derek on his head. Rap might just save us yet.