Influential m****f**** when it came to the business. "Me and all my peoples, we always thought he was straight. In his 2016 viral anti-Trump anthem, "FDT" or "F*** Donald Trump," rapper YG offers a direct reflection on the transformation of Trump's symbolism in hip-hop over the years: Artists may have liked his persona, but they did not like his politics.Īlthough Kanye West, who is set to meet with Trump at the White House on Thursday, has remained defiant in the face of backlash over his support for the president, the rapper’s stance, which has prompted a firestorm from fans and artists alike, is virtually an outlier in the hip-hop community. Upon jumping into the presidential ring, Trump quickly became hip-hop's public enemy, number one. In hip-hop, Trump will never be great again "But now that we got to see what he's about, we no longer rock with him." "It used to be cool to be like 'I'm like Trump, I got the money, I got the girl, I'm the cool guy with all the wealth and all that,'" Termanology said. I am the creator of my own comic book, and I love living in it." "I've read stories in which I'm described as a cartoon, a comic book version of the big-city business mogul with the gorgeous girlfriend and the private plane and the personal golf course and the penthouse apartment with marble floors and gold bathroom fixtures," Trump wrote in the chapter "Think Big and Live Large." "But my cartoon is real. "I copped enough coke and guns to open Trump Towers of my own, then I control the slums," he raps in the song.įor many, Trump - or what he symbolized - was the dream and in "How to Get Rich" Trump reflects on this: In Nas’s 2008 song "Make the World Go Round," he raps: "Get the whole Trump Tower top floor for the hood."Īnd while filming the video for the 2008 song, “How We Rock,” in which rapper Termanology name-drops Trump, he and his crew stayed at Trump Tower and even "paid out of pocket," he told ABC News, because "that's how cool we thought it was." In "How to Get Rich," Trump reflects on the powerful brand name he has built and boasts about how the name "Trump" has come to symbolize quality and success. 'Get the whole Trump Tower top floor for the hood' When Trump spoke to a crowd of supporters in June 2017 at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, decrying his critics, the President's words literally sounded like they were lifted from Khaled's hit: "They have a phony witch hunt going against me and you know what: All we do is win, win, win." "All I do is win, win, win no matter what/Got money on my mind, I can never get enough." In DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win," a track from his 2010 album "Victory," T-Pain's hook goes: reflects on his success and describes the new level he's on by invoking Trump: "Used to want dough like JC (penny) but now I'm thinking Donald Trump." "So much money in my house I'm having cold sweats/ Throwing bands in the club they sending death threats/ Donald Trump bank account, you can call it that," Waka Flocka Flame raps in the remix of French Montana's "Everything's A Go." Gucci Mane compares his wins to Trump in the 2015 song "Straight Drop": "Break down all my bales in Ferragamo/ Hugo Boss, jumper cause I just Donald Trump you."
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