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Wednesday, 14 March 2018

5 Rappers who called out Trump

1) Kendrick Lamar
Grammy award winning hip hop artist; Kendrick Lamar, first mentioned Donald Trump in a Black Friday (2015) joint freestyle with a fellow hip hop artists named J.Cole. In Kendrick's freestyle he raps over the beat of J.Cole's song "Tales of 2 Cities" and in his verse he says "I'm the son of the pioneer that got you near the sun / Play with him, bitch you better off voting for Donald Trump"














2) YG 
A fellow Compton native, YG is a LA rapper who broke out with a collaboration with Drake on a song called " Who Do You Love" and this instant hit debut at  # ' ' on the Billboard Top 100. During the Presidential Election in 2016 Donald Trump was constantly in the news spouting insensitive discriminating remarks about African Americans and Mexicans and even stated that he will build a wall between Mexico and the United States. YG took it upon himself to make a "Fuck Donald Trump!" diss track. It was also reported that the secret service paid him a visit and the song was censored on the radio stations. 
3) The Game
Another well established rapper from the West Coast who also was born in Compton; The Game. Before gaining a lot attention after his debut classic album; The Documentary which was released on the 18th of January in 2005, The Game has always been one to speak his mind no matter the consequences. In 2015 the sequel to his debut album; The Documentary 2, one of his hit singles was a song called El Chapo produced by Skrillex and in the song he disses Donald Trump saying: "This is doomsday, I can have Guadalupe/ Come through and knock Donald Trump out his toupee/ Now look at his brains all in the sidewalk/ And tuck the .38 and jump on my skywalker."



4) Joey Bada$$
An underground rapper turned worldwide hip hop artist from Brooklyn, New York is a very conscious MC that raps about various different topics from black history, spirituality and politics.
When it comes to politics he has made it clear what he thinks of America's new president; Donald Trump. In 2017 Joey Bada$$ released a very inspirational, thought provoking single called: Land of the Free. In this song he talks about equality, police racially profiling black people in the United States and on a particular line he states: " And a possible bigot slash misogynist/ Is 'bout to run the whole damn thing/ And the ballot my sister filled in/ In another city didn't do a thing"





5) Eminem
Anyone who is a fan of rap and hip hop know who this individual is, with the sharp, witty controversial nature of his songs and albums. Eminem is one of the most successful and skilled rappers that history has shown us. He has always made it known what he thinks about something in the rap game, in the Hollywood, in media culture and in politics. Eminem has informed his fans his stance on the new president in a few songs and freestyles. One song in particular is a over 7 minute song lyrically slaughtering Donald Trump and his whole campaign bar for bar. One line he says describes the president the from Eminem's perspective; " You say Trump don't kiss ass like a puppet/ 'Cause he runs his campaign with his own cash for the funding/ And that's what you wanted, a fucking loose cannon who's blunt with his hand on the button who doesn't have to answer to no one -great deal!"


Kendrick Lamar

                       Master of Ceremonies: Kendrick Lamar





In this video, Kendrick Lamar's legacy is being discussed and how he uses music and more specifically rap music to relate to his audience and the touch the hearts of listeners and ultimately find himself through his music.



 Channel Criswell. (2018). Kendrick Lamar - Subverting Identity. [Online Video]. 14 April 2017. Available from: https://youtu.be/dxCvWtt4dKU. [Accessed: 23 November 2017].

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