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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-fall-hip-hop-grace-rap-icon/story?id=58411276

 

Barring Kanye West, it's not news that the vast majority of hip-hop artists from underground rappers to icons like Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and T.I. have become powerful voices in the resistance against President Donald Trump.

 

But only a few years ago as recently as 2015 hip-hop's storied relationship with the celebrity business mogul-turned president told a very different tale.

Trump was an indisputable icon in hip-hop music for decades, and the admiration for his success and swagger is documented in more than 300 rap verses. Lyrics examined by ABC News show Trump was hailed for his wealth and power and idolized in songs that date back to at least the late 1980s.

 

"He was an American icon that stood for success and wealth, and that was something that was valued, particularly among a community of folks that were coming from lower class backgrounds and people who were locked out of the mainstream American economy," Bakari Kitwana, the Executive Director of Rap Sessions, told ABC News.

What Trump's hip-hop tweets reveal

 

Before he ran for president, Trump got shouts-outs from virtually every corner of the hip-hop world โ€“ West Coast rappers like Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar, East Coast rappers like Puff Daddy aka P. Diddy and 50 Cent and southern rappers like Lil Wayne and Jeezy.

 

Several songs were even named after Trump.

 

In his 2011 song, "Trump," Atlanta rapper Jeezy hails his own success and labels himself the Trump of the hood: "Richest n* in my hood, call me Donald Trump, the type of n* to count my money while I smoke a blunt."

 

In "Up Like Trump," โ€“ the 2014 hit by hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, Swae Lee raps, "Forbes list, Forbes list, Forbes list, Forbes, read it like the Bible/Up like Donald Trump, chain swings like nunchucks."

 

And in the late rapper Mac Miller's 2014 hit, "Donald Trump," the Pittsburgh rapper boasts about his Trump-like persona: "Ay yo, the flyest m*f*** in the room. Yeah, you know it's me."