The 2024 U.S. presidential election is quick approaching and it seems Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will face off for the place of POTUS this November. Whereas it is usually clear what facet of the fence the vast majority of the hip-hop group is standing on, this election is totally different. Many rappers who’re usually vocal on political subjects have remained considerably mum, no less than on social media, leaving unsuspecting characters Plies and Lil Pump to be the main voices in issues of the state. Two rappers who’re clearly on reverse ends of the spectrum.
Lil Pump’s foray into politics began in 2020 when he got here out as a Trump supporter. Main as much as the 2020 election, Pump even popped out at a Trump rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. the place he was mistakenly referred to as “Little Pimp” by Trump, who was clearly not versed within the “Gucci Gang” rapper’s catalog. Regardless of caping for Trump, Pump did not even vote within the election. Go determine.
The South Florida rapper has critically ramped issues up with the prospects of Trump regaining energy. The truth is, he is been doing extra Trump promotion than placing out music. Nevertheless, as an alternative of offering any substance, Pump’s blind allegiance appears extra like trolling and propaganda.
“Tonight a coked up crooked Joe Biden will lie time and again to the American individuals,” Pump, who just lately bought a Trump tattoo, wrote in a submit on X, previously generally known as Twitter, in a sequence of pro-Trump tweets earlier than the Trump-Biden debate. “The American individuals know the reality tho. Biden prompted inflation. He opened our borders. And he has began international chaos. Trump 202024 [sic].”
He just lately falsely claimed that VP Harris is Indian and never African-American in a video that appeared extra like a Saturday Night time Dwell sketch than actual life. Some examples of his out of pocket tweets are under.
Plies is one other rapper who has been standing on his political soapbox just lately. Not a day appears to go by with out the Fort Myers, Fla. rapper giving his opinion on the forthcoming race. Nevertheless, he and Pump are polar opposites. For one, he’s in staunch opposition of Trump. And he is been standing on it with posts which are smart, researched and seem to return from a real place.
“Expensive Black America/Girls: If U Have Child(s) Make Certain U Expose Them To This Presidential Election!” he tweeted on July 25. “Give Them The Again Log On Each Candidates. Let Them See How Exhausting It’ll Be For Them To Obtain Greatness In This Nation!!! Let Them See The Harsh Actuality!! This Is The Actual America!!”
He has come out in assist of Vice President Harris.
There are different examples of rappers talking out because the election approaches. Swae Lee just lately got here out in opposition of Harris, citing her previous insurance policies on marijuana that had disproportional results on the Black group when she was California’s lawyer common and San Francisco’s district lawyer.
A number of rappers have gotten photograph alternatives at current Trump rallies and in-person conferences together with Sheff G, Sleepy Hallow, 0T7 Quanny, Icewear Vezzo and others. Megan Thee Stallion has put her title behind Harris with a scheduled efficiency at a marketing campaign rally in Atlanta.
However on the subject of the loudest voices within the room, surprisingly, Plies and Pump have been hip-hop’s largest pundits.
