And Kanye West to the rapper Sexyy Red from the country music star On Jason’s side to the controversial Kid Rock. But also Billy Ray Cyrus (father of singer Miley Cyrus) and the rapper Kodak Black who released a song praising Trump. These are some of the musicians who have openly expressed their support for former US President Donald Trump in view of the November elections as reported by the music magazine Billboard.
Kanye West is perhaps the most famous, the one who had already expressed his support for Trump during the 2016-2020 election campaign. Although at a certain point the singer himself had expressed interest in running for the White House and had asked Trump to be his deputy. ”Always for Trump, obviously!”, he declared to journalists, expressing his voting intentions.
The country singer Kid Rock He is one of Trump’s staunchest supporters, whom he described as ”one of my best friends”. And before performing in honor of the Republican candidate in July, he called him “our tried and true, red, white and blue, 100 percent American bada‑‑ president” in a social media video. The singer also promised that ”I will fight” for Trump, saying he shares his criticism of immigrants who are ”murderers and rapists”.
Another country musician, On Jason’s sidehas long been one of Trump’s biggest supporters in the music industry and has even befriended him. After Trump’s assassination attempt in July, he shared a photo of his bleeding ear on social media: “This is what a warrior looks like, this is my boy.” Interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, he said: “I have nothing but good things to say about that guy.”
Still in the field of country music, Trump enjoys the support of Billy Ray Cyruseven though his daughter Miley condemned the Republican candidate. Trump called out the country singer at his rally in July, saying, “Billy Ray Cyrus is here, he’s a conservative, and I said, ‘How did you get such a progressive daughter?'” The musician performed at the funeral of Corey Comparatore, the supporter who died at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.
The rapper also supports Trump Kodak Blackwho sang Trump’s praises in a song more than two years after the former president pardoned him on the last day of his term. Black was less than halfway through his sentence, having pleaded guilty to firearm possession after being arrested at the Canada-U.S. border in March 2020. “We need Trump in office forever, man,” he said on social media. “Just like those motherfuckers Chinese, Russians and Koreans have their own president. Trump is the best thing for America,” he added.
For the American rapper Lil PumpTrump is “the greatest American president of all time”, as he wrote in support of a selfie taken together with the former occupant of the White House. In recent months the singer also sent a message directly to Vice President Harris via a video on Instagram. “We’ve seen the mess you and Biden have created over the last three years. And the only person who can clean it up is Donald Trump, honey!” he declared.
rapping her Sexyy Red he began supporting Trump a year ago, in October 2023, saying, “We need him back in office.” When interviewed, she said: “I like Trump. Yes, they support him. At first I don’t think people made fun of him. They thought he was racist, that he was against women. But once he started letting people out of prison black people and giving people that money. Oh honey, we love Trump… Trump, we miss you.”
The singer Azealia Banks confirmed he would vote for Trump in 2024 during an interview with The Standard last fall. “It’s just fun,” he said. “How many failures has he gone through? How many wives? How many TV shows? Really, nothing can bring him down,” she added. In July he attended Trump’s campaign rally in Florida.
The rapper of Jamaican origins Waka Flock during one of his performances he said: ”All Joe Biden voters leave my concert!”. And following the attempted assassination of the Republican candidate in Pennsylvania in July, he posted on ‘X’: ”It seems to me that Trump has been framed… protect our president.”
The stars of Puerto Rican reggaeton Anuel AA and Justin Quiles took the stage to support Donald Trump during a rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on August 30th. Trump introduced them as “two amazing legends of Puerto Rican music” and added: “Every Puerto Rican will vote for Trump.”