Lodi teens Joey and Sam Hickmann win award with black bear rap

Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 6:24 am, Thu Mar 22, 2012.

Two Lodi brothers created an original rap song and film to teach the public how to live safely in black bear country, and now have $500 to show for it.

"This one goes out to all my homies in Lake Tahoe," blares the film's opening line.

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