Sexyy Red Distances Herself From Donald Trump After MAGA Hat Backlash

Sexyy Red has made it clear that she will not be endorsing Donald Trump – or any presidential candidate for that matter.

In a post to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday (June 3), the “Get It Sexyy” rapper distanced herself from getting behind any politician – aside from her own presidential aspirations, of course.

“It’s Sexyy Red 4 President [American flag emoji] I’m my own candidate I’m not endorsing anybody period [kiss emoji],” she wrote.

The post follows mixed reactions she received after performing with a giant MAGA hat during her set at the 2024 Roots Picnic over the weekend. While the hat did read “Make America Sexyy Again” as opposed to Trump’s signature phrase, many fans weren’t feeling her seemingly endorsing the controversial figure.

It’s Sexyy Red 4 President 🇺🇸 I’m my own candidate I’m not endorsing anybody period 💋

— Sexyy Red (@SexyyRed314_) June 3, 2024

Back in October, Sexyy Red talked about her affinity for Trump during an interview on comedian Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast. She claimed that the hood loves Trump due to him freeing Black people from prison and providing stimulus checks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I like Trump,” she said. “Yeah, they support him in the hood. At first I don’t think people was fucking with him. They thought he was racist, saying little shit against women.

“But once he started getting Black people out of jail and giving people that free money. Aww baby, we love Trump. We need him back in office. We need him back because, baby, them checks. Them stimulus checks. Trump, we miss you.”

She added: “I love Trump. He funny to me. I used to be watching him talking to people. He used to be calling people fat. He just bold. He funny. We need people like him.”

The response on social media wasn’t great, considering Trump’s presidency was plagued by accusations of racism, misogyny and election interference. In August he was indicted for alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia.

“Clearly some people don’t know how the stimulus checks worked, who’s money it actually was/is and how it go distributed… People believe anything,” Hot 97 and Apple Music’s Ebro Darden wrote on X.

Another person said: “Disappointed to see this, she can’t be my fave new rapper no more. But she is right, them stimulus checks was kinda all it took for a lot of ppl to hop on the Trump train smh.”

Sexyy is far from the only Trump supporter in Hip Hop, with Kanye West, Kodak Black and Benny The Butcher having also previously aligned themselves with him.