The sad part is...is there honestly a male rapper who could pull something like this and *surprise* you? Not *disappoint* you but actually *surprise* you?

The ppl y’all mentioned the most who seem plausible are:

-Common (i guess bc he has kind of milquetoast-but-sincere resistance-y politics? If “I Voted” were an MC)
-Boots Riley (he’s problematic on here, but is a dedicated socialist)
(Cont’d)

-Phonte, V Staples, Open Mike Eagle, KRIT (bc they're all generally thoughtful, self-aware dudes)
-Black Thought (my fav rapper and v heartened to see him mentioned but 2020 is a hellscape so who tf knows)

Not sure how Jay or Pac (?!?!?) got named so much bc, uh. Uhhhh.

But most of these dudes who were mentioned are all hotep-adjacent enough AND Black capitalist enough to make a MAGA turn seem v plausible

Somebody mentioned Plies and you know what? That’s a pretty solid one. https://twitter.com/plies/status/1318555511621562370?s=20

Guys. the Killer Mike thing. Are y’all *sure*?

This aint him LAST MONTH with the same dude who disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of Black voters in the last three or four years, or...? https://twitter.com/GovKemp/status/1303841735639019521?s=20

all year we’ve been seeing women talking about/thinking through big ideas like prison abolition (Noname) or cheerleading for civic duty (Cardi and the census) and just week after week of men in hip-hop being quasars of garbage and ignorance

the play here isn't to "win" Black voters: it's to peel off just enough Black men (who are much more likely to defect from the Democrats) to make the race close. https://n.pr/2Jg7Q8V