Lil Wayne joins rappers giving Donald Trump support – but 50 Cent and Ice Cube don’t feel the same way
- Before heading off for some last-minute campaigning, Trump privately met hip hop artist Lil Wayne, known for hit singles such as Lollipop, A Milli and Got Money
- Fellow rapper Lil Pump also gave the US president his backing, but others including 50 Cent, Ice Cube, Cardi B, Offset, Common and Snoop Dogg aren’t fans
Lil Wayne has been feeling the heat after he became the latest prominent rapper to endorse US President Donald Trump for re-election.
In between his last-minute campaigning last week, Trump met privately with the artist, known for hit singles such as Lollipop, A Milli and Got Money.
“Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership,” Lil Wayne tweeted last Thursday. “He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done.” Trump retweeted the post from his personal account – and the internet went wild.
“Rappers are Republicans?!?!” tweeted conservative pundit JT Lewis. “That fave hip hop playlist getting shorter by the minute,” tweeted New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb.
Cobb pointed to an article he wrote in 2015, when Trump was still an unlikely fish in a big pond of Republican presidential candidates, titled, “Donald Trump Is a Rapper”.