Some of the biggest names in the rap game are backing former President Trump’s 2024 presidential run, with some pledging allegiance — and their skins — to the GOPer following his flashy mugshot.
Chicago rapper Badman Kevo did his best to give Trump a shot this week — by painting the former president’s SHOT mug on his leg and sharing the moment on Instagram with his 3 million followers.
“Make America Rich Again or Joe Sleepy,” he said, teasing a spot that showed him inking a Trump mugshot.
“Biden … actually made me pay a lot of taxes,” Kevo lamented on the We in Miami podcast. “Actually, this is my second Trump tattoo.”
The rapper also praised Trump for releasing him from prison “six months early” where he had been serving time for bank fraud.
In an Instagram story posted after prisoner No. PO1135809 was fingerprinted and had his mugshot taken in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail on charges of illegally conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 state election, Chief Rapper Keef praised Trump to his 8.8 million followers.
Rapper Bandman Kevo says he supports Trump so he can get lower taxes. Twitter @bandman_kevo
“He Good In The Hood,” wrote the “Love Sosa” artist.
On August 12, days before Georgia prosecutors leveled the latest charges, Buffalo rapper Benny the Butcher tweeted “I’m voting for Trump 2024” in a viral notice which generated a million views on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Now the rappers are back to where they were with him before running for president which is a super rich guy. He spends money like rappers spend money. he has a golden toilet. I think they see a sense of brotherhood in him,” said one person close to Trump, who said he expects the musician to be deployed in some capacity in the general election to compliment Trump’s street cred with black voters.
Kevo puts a Trump mugshot on his leg as a tribute.Twitter @bandman_kevo
Trump has maintained past endorsements from rappers like Lil’ Pump — who famously appeared on stage with him just before the 2020 presidential election — he’s also won converts.
YG — a rapper best known for his anti-Trump protest song “F—k Donald Trump,” — said in an interview earlier this month that the “black community” had a change of heart.
“I’m not gonna lie, bro, the black community ain’t king with Trump, but when this PPP—t and all that—came out, black people forgave him,” YG said during an Aug. 1 taping of his YouTube show This Past Weekend. “I’m talking about the mothf-kers in this hood. I speak for them. This is what they say. ‘s—t, Biden didn’t do anything for us, that n—a Trump is throwing money away.”
Buffalo rapper Benny The Butcher told his followers last month that he supports Trump. Getty Images for the National Urban League
Polls consistently show President Biden underperforming with non-white voters.
In a Sienna College poll last month, he failed to win a majority of non-white voters without a college degree — edging out Trump among die-hard former Dems (49%–33%).
Many of the rappers who represent Trump have had their own problems with the law.
Lil Pump has been busted three times in 2018 alone for firing a gun at his home in California, driving without a license in Miami, and possessing marijuana in Denmark.
Trump faces 91 separate criminal charges in four state and federal jurisdictions.
He vowed to fight all charges and vehemently insisted he was a victim of an armed justice system.
“In the urban black community, the mug shot can be an iconic symbol, both of victimization and greatness. It is ON YOU to “the man.” Think Tupac Shakur. Trump is now the ultimate gangsta in our culture,” said conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza in viral post to X.
That support has only grown since 2016 when Trump was endorsed by some of the country’s most famous rappers including Ice Cube, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West.
Trump has long been popular among rap artists who regularly drop his name in lyrics before he entered politics. Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Young Jeezy, and Nas are just a few of the rappers “who worshiped Donald Trump in the past,” according to BET.
Rapper Lil Pump is with Trump again in 2024 after campaigning with him in 2020.Getty Images
“I think there’s something between Trump’s ideology and the whole gangsta vibe of being American that a lot of rappers can relate to,” said aspiring rapper Jordan Coleman — the 28-year-old son of Mayor Adams.
There’s “something about Trump’s swagger and something about his confidence that people love.”
Coleman said he is not enamored with Trump or Biden.
“I think we need more options out there if we’re going to tell people the truth,” he said. “I’m waiting for someone new – like me.”
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