Conservative rappers

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This has unfortunately been a trend in the last few years. We're seeing all these white rednecks get a bunch of face tattoos, put on some stereotypical "gangsta" clothing, and start making hip-hop songs about how great Trump is and how much they hate immigrants. It's odd because the entire culture of hip-hop was constructed around subverting the very status quo that these "rappers" are seeking to uphold. Being a conservative rapper is almost an oxymoron. Like, how did we go from "F*** the police!" to "The policeman is your friend and George Floyd got what he deserved."?

Do you have any examples of this? Sounds weirdly fascinating, like rubbernecking a car crash.

I think while most music/musicians are notionally all liberal in their outlooks you don't have to dig deep to find themes many would couch as right-leaning. In fact a lot of great music is completely open to interpretation, and if it says one thing to you that's reflection. Funk the police as you mentioned it deals with issues such as the right to self-protection and serving justice. Just because its going after something you symbolise as the "right" doesn't make it "left"

I would disagree with the statement that "F*** the Police" is open to interpretation. It's very clearly about minority communities rising up against the police force, which is something the right wouldn't support at all, since they both love the police and think minorities should "know their place" so to speak.

You know the right exists as a concept far beyond gun totin' redneck yahoos right?

Anyway hows the trump loving migrant hating conservative rap coming along? Can't wait to hear it.

A music genre in and of itself is not ideological.

Hip Hop has been the most popular genre for a long time now so Hip Hop is the genre conservative rappers grew up with and is natural for them.

Yeah I was impressed with Tom Macdonald's work ethic and talent but found his political views divisive like "the devil is a democrat" song so I stopped listening

I did a google. Forgiato Blow is one such Trump supporting rapper. I tried to listen to what he was (w)rapping about but the optics were too much s**t. Holding banknotes... yawn. Busty women... yawn. Facial tattoos yawn... Sports cars .... yawn.


Fear of a Black Planet... indeed... 35 years ago.

I agree!

Amused me the level of ignorance of many MAGAs (including republican Paul Ryan) who grew up fans of Rage against the machine who had no clue and thought they were listening to an all white metal band (with an entirely white fan base)were in for a rude shock when lead singer Tom Morello said that RATM music has always “critiqued a capitalist/white supremacist power structure.” Morello infact blended rap into his music, I guess the dreadlocks didn't give it away.

Just goes to show white music fans aren't really that deep when it comes to the music they "slavishly" follow. "RATM sounds cool man, me like"

The irony is that Ice-T had a song called "Cop Killer", yet now he plays a cop on Law & Order: SVU.

I didn't know that "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister was a protest song until a few years ago. I always thought it was about teenage rebellion.

I also found it interesting that in the music video, the dad was played by Mark Metcalf--who played Niedermeyer in Animal House.

That is a racist statement.

I think most people do not know most of the lyrics of songs and like or dislike it based on what it sounds like.

Sorry correction: white MAGA music fans...country music is more their lane...

Fun fact! The fella with the dreads, and lead singer, is Zack de la Rocha, not Tom Morello. Morello himself usually has short cut hair - and is also the guitarist. But your commentary does lend credibility to your notion that some ppl don't know much about the bands they listen to.

I do agree that people will often happily consume media without a drop of awareness of context or content. Or ignore it should it inconvenience them.

To address a comment made by another poster, art has always been politically driven on a significant level. Pretending that art shouldn't be linked to anything political misses a lot of the point of art and expression.

Reminds me of the line "Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance" from the song 'Hey Ya' by Outkast.



Or the song 'La La La' by Noah Finnce (No offense) regarding marketability VS politics.



I know this is straying a bit off the topic of conservative rappers but yeah, I agree that art and politics often tend to go hand-in-hand.

I actually listen to the lyrics and music, not so invested in the band.