Obama Reacts To Rappers Like 50 Cent & Lil Wayne Endorsing Trump

Obama Theorizes Why Rappers Like 50 Cent, Lil Wayne & Lil Pump Endorsed Trump

Although Donald Trump is yet to concede defeat, he lost the election to Biden regardless of the endorsements he got from prominent Black folks in the Hip Hop community.

In a recent interview with The Atlantic, Barack Obama shared his thoughts and observations on why rappers like Lil Wayne and 50 Cent endorsed Trump.

“It’s interesting—people are writing about the fact that Trump increased his support among Black men [in the 2020 presidential election], and the occasional rapper who supported Trump,” Barack Obama said.

“I have to remind myself that if you listen to rap music, it’s all about the bling, the women, the money. A lot of rap videos are using the same measures of what it means to be successful as Donald Trump is. Everything is gold-plated. That insinuates itself and seeps into the culture.”

“America has always had a caste system—rich and poor, not just racially but economically—but it wasn’t in your face most of the time when I was growing up,” Obama continued.

“Then you start seeing Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, that sense that either you’ve got it or you’re a loser. And Donald Trump epitomizes that cultural movement that is deeply ingrained now in American culture.”