Newly released footage shows the moment an Atlanta-based rapper stirred controversy after asking all President Joe Biden supporters to leave his concert.
Musician Waka Flocka Flame, whose real name is Juaquin James Malphurs, was performing at the Club Sky in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 27 when he addressed the crowd.
The 38-year-old rapper could be heard telling his Democratic Party supporting fans: ‘All Joe Biden voters, get out of my concert. We’re gonna party right now for T24’- referencing GOP candidate Donald Trump’s 2024 Presidential campaign.
As his sudden announcement caused mixed reactions among the crowd, he quickly launched into his hit ‘It’s A Party’ which was dedicated to Trump.
Footage of the moment soon went viral and garnered massive support from other Republican party supporters on X.
One Trump lover wrote: ‘I knew I have always liked Waka!!!’
While another praised the rapper and said: ‘That takes courage.’
A Trump 2024 campaigner cheered, ‘Nobody wants to be around them!’ while another said, ‘LOL everyone is sick of putting up with these losers.’
Waka Flocka Flame had first endorsed Trump on X by expressing favor for the former president in October 2023.
But he is not the only rapper to join the ‘Black Americans for Trump’ coalition this election.
In early June, Detroit’s Sada Baby joined Peezy and Icewear Vezzo to attend the Republican’s roundtable discussion with local Black community leaders.
Talking about his political inclination, Vezzo later told FOX News: ‘A lot of Democrats assume that [we’re] just supposed to vote blindly. I feel like our votes should be worked for, I feel like our parents blindly voted for generations, but I think this generation is now understanding that we have to ask questions.’
New York City rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow, who had been indicted on murder conspiracy charges in May 2023, spoke at a Trump rally in the Bronx in May this year.
St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red, a member of the coalition, also explained why so many black musicians had become Republican Party supporters during a podcast show.
‘Once he started getting Black people out of jail and giving people that free money. Aww baby, we love Trump… We need him back because, baby, them checks.’ he told comedian Theo Von in October.
The viral moment comes right after at least 25 Democrat members of Congress are set to call on Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race in the coming days, while a pair of Senators have distanced themselves from the ailing president.
Biden insiders continue to insist that the president, 81, will carry on against Trump despite his disastrous first debate just five days go.
Despite their insistence, his support appears to be crumbling among fellow Dems.
The revolt in the House was expected to take place if Biden ‘seems shaky in coming days’ as one Democrat aide warned: ‘the dam is broken.’