Pepsi Max, the soda brand which has connected with the rap culture primarily through to its latest commercial featuring Snoop Dogg (still, Nike remains the most long-standing fan of this music style), has unveiled a new project created in collaboration with famous representatives of this movement. Ahead of Super Bowl XLV, Pepsi Max teamed up with a bunch of hip-hop and rap stars to develop new videos as part of the NFL Audible program.
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Following a review of more than 5,600 creative submissions Doritos and Pepsi MAX revealed the names of the 10 finalists in the Crash the Super Bowl challenge. These 10 finalists will go on to compete to be one of six consumer-created ads—three for Doritos and three for Pepsi MAX—airing during the Super Bowl XLV broadcast, February 6, on FOX.
Pepsi Max and AMV BBDO developed Max It Legends campaign to find living legends in football, film and music areas. The soft drink brand encourages its fans to upload 1-minute long videos to prove they are worth to be called real stars. The campaign is made up of three rounds dedicated to the three themes, and the most creative video for each of them will earn £50k.
A month ago, on January 31 the world first heard the song by Akon and Keri Hilson, which became the anthem of the football campaign launched by Pepsi. From the Grammy Awards the single «Oh, Africa» stepped onto the digital ground and just recently the brand has released a commercial with the song as a soundtrack.
Grey Cup Halftime Show of Canadian Football League and Pepsi Max as its title sponsor have provided their fans with a great opportunity to participate in the great event’s programming and choose what songs will be on during it. The famous award-winning Canadian group Blue Rodeo played the list of the songs the visitors of the www.greycuphalftimeshow.ca website had chosen. The show was yesterday, on November 29, and the winning songs were announced by playing in the real time.