By Madhuri Dey
Nov. 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rapper David Banner is the latest to join the bandwagon of hip hop stars in technology deals. He will forming a partnership with the fitness company PumpOne and create a new application that will come along with the iPhone and iTouch. He says that the new application will give his fans the details of his health regimen that they have shown much curiosity about ever since he managed to lose a whole lot of weight. He has christened the application a sinister “David Banner Workout Or Die”, probably a reference to the fact that his weight had almost led him to the same fate.

The application will be available on all iPhones and iTouches. It will contain videos of David’s workout regimen and other tips of leading a healthy lifestyle. It will also enable Banner to record videos that are being streamed at any time and that will be available to the fans at no extra charges. The application will be available in the markets early in the next year. Banner said that his inspiration to launch this application came from a friend who is an employee at Apple. Banner had lost a lot of weight after his health conditions started to deteriorate and he started suffering from he problems associated with obesity: sleep apnoea and high cholesterol. He was also on the verge of contracting diabetes.

After Banner had followed a strict diet and exercise regimen that helped him get into shape, he found out that people seemed really interested in how he managed this feat. His friend at Apple told him to encourage and help people to do what he did and that was what prompted him to create the application.