Donald Trump has been taking part in all up in hip-hop’s face. For the previous eight years, the billionaire entrepreneur-turned-former POTUS has been pandering to rap followers in what has principally appeared like a sick joke or episode of The Boondocks taking part in out in actual life.
The previous President’s first huge fish got here in December of 2016, when he landed a much-publicized picture alternative assembly at Trump Tower with Ye, who was booed for asserting his assist for Trump throughout a present the earlier month. Their relationship has been a rollercoaster since then, however that appeared to place the battery in Trump’s again that associating with rappers may acquire him clout. He is been exploiting that method and hip-hop tradition ever since.
In 2020, after discovering out Lil Pump was a fan, Trump invited the South Florida rapper to talk at a marketing campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. In entrance of a sea of individuals, Trump did not even know Pump’s identify and referred to the artist as “Little Pimp.”
That does not imply The Donald would not have some real supporters in hip-hop. Waka Flocka Flame has an timeless allegiance to 45 that does not seem to come back with any ulterior motives, regardless of initially despising Trump sufficient to wipe his behind with a Trump jersey in 2017. Kodak Black, who acquired a federal jail sentence commutation from Trump in 2021, and was free of behind bars, will apparently be a goon for MAGA for all times. Regardless of not voting for Trump within the 2020 election, Lil Pump has been going more durable than an individual working a pyramid scheme to attempt to get The Donald again in workplace this yr.
And positive, Trump helped get A$AP Rocky get out of Swedish jail in 2019. However do individuals truthfully assume Trump did that as a result of he’s a fan of the Mob or as a result of pandering to hip-hop has grow to be a device that Trump makes use of at his disposal? Let’s maintain it a stack.
With a looming election that the twice-impeached, civil lawsuit-losing, convicted felon plans on successful, Trump is once more making an attempt to pander to voters by utilizing hip-hop together with his alliances changing into increasingly more comical. In Might of this yr, he invited Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow to talk at a Trump rally in The Bronx. The identical two rappers who’ve an open gang racketeering case. Extra lately, Icewear Vezzo, Peezy and OT7 Quanny have had publicized conferences with Trump.
In mid-July, Amber Rose appeared on the Republican Nationwide Conference and spoke glowingly of Trump. She was labeled as a rapper by Trump’s camp on screens asserting her presence, which drew loads of side-eyes and was little doubt achieved purposely. For the document, Amber will not be a rapper. In keeping with podcast host and media character Van Lathan, Trump additionally performed a tune and music video by MAGA-supporting rapper Forgiato Blow that options Amber Rose within the video in the course of the conference. The video finds them rapping, “We voting Donald Trump, child,” impressed by Vanilla Ice’s 1990 traditional observe “Ice Ice Child.” There have been even rumors that the presidential hopeful invited 50 Cent to carry out on the occasion within the wake of the try on Trump’s life. A rep for Fif denied he would seem on the RNC.
There is not any manner the identical man who needs immunity for police is in truth down with the tradition that birthed the rebellious hit document “F**ok the Police.” Nobody with any sense is shopping for Trump’s dedication to hip-hop. Hopefully, all of it ends in November.