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Bronze Award
DISS MAS
MGA Entertainment
United States
2025
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Entrant Company
VIRTUE
Entry Type
Product/Service
Program
Clio Awards 2025
Medium Type
Professional
Medium
Film Craft
Category
Music-Original
Category
Music-Original
In 2024, gift cards were predicted to be the #1 holiday gift over toys. That didn’t sit right with industry titan MGA Entertainment (makers of Bratz, Rainbow High, and Little Tikes). To defend their turf, they knew they had to move like a mogul and do something big to get the streets talking. So they tossed the tired toy catalogs of the past and served up something more culturally relevant than ever—a diss track. Move over, Kendrick and Drake, the 2024 holiday season was all about gift cards vs. MGA toys. They tapped viral kid rapper The Rizzler to front the high-energy, shoppable music video that premiered on YouTube and quickly dominated streaming platforms. Within 24 hours, the campaign went viral, selling out inventory and flooding social media with remixes, memes, and even inspired a crypto coin. In the end, they snatched the crown for toys and put MGA Entertainment top of mind.
Credits
Creative Agency
VIRTUE
Brooklyn
Creative Agency
VIRTUE
Brooklyn
Brand
MGA Entertainment
Los Angeles
Holding Company
VICE Media LLC
New York
Holding Company
VICE Media LLC
New York
Production Company
Pulse Films
New York
Media Agency
VMG
New York
Sound Design Company
Barking Owl
New York
Post Production Company
Company3
Los Angeles
Chief Marketing Officer
Josh Hackbarth
MGA Entertainment
Chief Creative Officer
Chris Garbutt
VIRTUE
Co-President
Kerry Tucker
VIRTUE
Executive Creative Director
Heather “McT” McTavish
VIRTUE
Associate Creative Director
Mauricio Santos
VIRTUE
Associate Creative Director
Will Stallmeyer
VIRTUE
Senior Designer
Sarah May
VIRTUE
Writer
Katherine Fernandez
VIRTUE
Head of Production
Jill Rothman
VIRTUE
Executive Producer
Danielle Russo
VIRTUE
Group Account Director
Rachel Patel
VIRTUE
Program Director
Melinda Hecht
VIRTUE
Account Supervisor
Katelyne Maroney
VIRTUE
Managing Director
Whitney Milne
VIRTUE
Head of Business Development
Christine Robertson
VIRTUE
Co-CEO/Partner
Gregg Hamburger
VMG
Head of Partnerships
Brad Sheehan
VMG
Vice President
Ashlee Meese
MGA Entertainment
Group Creative Director
Cassandra Scholnick
MGA Entertainment
Senior Director, Integrated Marketing
Nicole Smith
MGA Entertainment
MGA Entertainment
Carson Mossman
Production Designer
Marlena Pavich
MGA Entertainment
Vice President, Global Corporate Communications
Alan Hilowitz
MGA Entertainment
Vice President, Digital Marketing
Calvin Lim
MGA Entertainment
Associate Brand Manager
Natalie Anis
MGA Entertainment
Project Manager
Alex Ying
MGA Entertainment
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