--- title: "Walmart Removes Listing for Kids’ Toy That Sings About Cocaine" description: "A grandmother from Ontario, Canada was shocked to find that a toy she bought at Walmart started swearing and singing about doing cocaine in Polish." date: "2021-11-24" modified: "2021-11-24" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/walmart-removes-toy-cocaine" categories: - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "the digest" - "toy" - "walmart" --- # Walmart Removes Listing for Kids’ Toy That Sings About Cocaine ![A grandmother from Ontario, Canada was shocked to find that a toy she bought at Walmart started swearing and singing about doing cocaine in Polish.]() *\Image: Walmart\* ## Caustic Cactus Ania Tanner, a grandmother from Ontario, Canada, was shocked when an innocent-looking dancing cactus toy she bought for her granddaughter at Walmart started swearing and singing about doing cocaine in Polish, [*CTV News* reports](). "This toy uses swear words and talking about cocaine use," Tanner told the broadcaster. "This is not what I ordered for my granddaughter." Unsurprisingly, Walmart yanked the toy from its online store — although people had been complaining about the toy for at least five months, according to *CTV*. ## Cocaine Blues According to a screenshot shared by *CTV* of Walmart Canada's website, this specific dancing cactus was a "learning toy" and retails for about $20. But its rapping skills in Polish weren't age-appropriate. In addition to rapping about cocaine, the jovial succulent also covered other pleasantries such as suicide and depression. "It just so happens that I am Polish and when I started to listen to the songs and I heard the words," Tanner told *CTV News*. "I was in shock. I thought what is this some kind of joke?" "It's about taking five grams of cocaine and being alone... It's a very depressing song," she added. As it turns out, the Chinese manufacturer apparently had no idea it was using a song by Polish rapper Cypis — who, according to *CTV News*, had no idea his song was being used for a children's toy at all. Cypis is now taking legal action against the manufacturer for the blatant copyright infringement. **READ MORE:** [Walmart pulls children's toy off its website that swears and sings in Polish about doing cocaine]() \[*CTV News*\] **More on children:** *[40 Percent of American Children Think Hot Dogs Are Vegetables]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()