Hip-Hop’s Love Affair With Donald Trump Is Officially Over........

Plugged-in citizens who have been waiting for Trump’s Twitter fingers to turn to condemning anti-Semitic threats or addressing a rise in xenophobic attacks were disappointed but probably not shocked on Wednesday morning when the President decided instead to drag Snoop Dogg for an incendiary music video. Yes, the leader of the free world didn’t just watch Snoop’s four-and-a-half minute musical satire of an un-presidential clown named Ronald Klump—he also took the time to attack it on Twitter. “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if ‪@SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama?” our President tweeted. “Jail time!”

For some context, it took Nicki Minaj two whole weeks to clap back at Remy Ma’s latest diss track. Wouldn’t you like to think that the President has more on his plate than Nicki Minaj?

To make matters even worse, Trump was joined in this unbalanced rap battle by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who both condemned Snoop for pointing a plastic toy gun at a clown caricature of President Donald Trump in his latest music video. Here’s a thought: when going after a legendary rapper, maybe don’t bring Ted Cruz along as backup.

While TMZ was busy grilling conservative senators on their hip-hop hot takes, actual rappers came to Snoop’s defense. In one particularly vivid Instagram, rapper T.I. posted a screenshot of Trump’s anti-Snoop tweet, captioned, “@snoopdogg is a Fuckin Legend u Fucking Tangerine Tanned Muskrat scrotum skin, Lacefront Possum fur Wig wearing, Alternative fact, Atomic Dog diarrhea face ass man!!!! Leave our legends names out ya fuckin old ass puppy piss smelling ass mouth & continue to focus on dividing minorities, building barriers, alienating immigrants, & fuckin this country up like u been doin.”

“Tanned Muskrat scrotum skin” might be one of the more evocative taunts that’s been leveled at 45, but it’s just the latest in a long line of rap world disses.

While celebrity support for Hillary Clinton was arguably lackluster, come November 9^th hip-hop heavyweights were showing up in droves to share their disappointment on social media. Public Enemy’s Chuck D tweeted, “Hitler Is Real #meinTrump.” Talib Kweli was in mourning, writing, “I was wrong. I thought America couldn’t possibly disappoint me more than it already had. But, I was wrong. RIP America.” Tinashe was “sick. disgusted. heartbroken.” And Macklemore, true to form, was incapable of trimming his reaction down to 140 characters, instead Instagramming a lengthy post that culminated in a pledge to fight systemic oppression, empower his daughter, and keep fighting. Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg Instagrammed “fuck this shit,” asking Drake to hook him up with a Canadian crib.
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