Donald Trump isn’t a fan of too many rappers, but he’s added Ice Spice to the short list of those he’s into — although he has no love lost for Kanye West‘s ex-wife Kim Kardashian.
The former U.S. president stopped by the Full Send podcast on Thursday (April 20), where he was asked to give one-word descriptions of some of the hottest celebrities in the world today.
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First, Trump was asked about Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who he called “smart.” He then went on to brand Joe Biden “dumb,” Kim Jong Un “interesting,” and Kim Kardashian “disingenuous.”
Then he was asked about Ice Spice. “Who the hell is Ice Spice?” Trump replied.
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The hosts responded by playing her breakthrough track, “Munch,” and Donald Trump turned out to be quite the fan. “Well I like it, okay?” he said. “I like it.”
Take a peek at the clip below.
Donald Trump is surprisingly beloved by a few members of the Hip Hop community, with rappers like Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, and Lil Pump all throwing their support behind 45’s presidency.
Trump brought Pump on stage at one of his rallies just prior to Election Day but introduced him as Lil Pimp. 50 sided with Trump after seeing a version of President-Elect Joe Biden’s tax plan, but later flip-flopped in true trolling fashion, while Ice Cube communicated with the Trump campaign about his proposed contract with Black America. Weezy posed with Trump after speaking with him about the Platinum Plan.
But President Barack Obama believes that Hip Hop’s support of the controversial president is due to Trump’s surface charm, and how his apparent opulent lifestyle appeals to 21st-century messaging in rap music.
“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,” he began. “I have to remind myself that if you listen to rap music, it’s all about the bling, the women, the money.”
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Obama continued: “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.”
