Rappers for Romney?

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Rappers for Romney? This could be a new voting bloc for conservatives: “I’m a Republican voting for Mitt Romney/You lazy bitches is fucking up the economy” sings Nicki Minaj. Rappers going right might be a bad sign for a black president seeking reelection.

J.P. Travis: Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976 graduate of University of Michigan, father, grandfather, husband, founder and CEO of Travelyn Publishing (http://www.travelynpublishing.com/), and passionate anti-government believer in individual liberty.

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  • The only 2 rap songs I ever liked were Rappers delight by the Sugerhill gang, and the John Wayne rap.

    More of a classic rock and country fan myself, but meh, to each their own.

    • Good grief, I'm old enough to remember when almost every band I like was deemed "satanic". If you liked hard rock & metal in 80's, it was "satanic". There are very few acts who are actually satanic, & the few that are, are not well known & are not well know at all.

      As for Minaj, I stay away because she does nothing for me.

  • Minaj was born in St.James, Trinidad & Tobago. But she has been in NYC since she was 5. I cannot find out what her citizenship is though.

  • She is very popular with the young, hip ghetto teens. The girl I volunteer with is a huge fan of Nicki's and idolizes her. In fact I just spent the weekend at the dreaded mall, looking for Nicki Minaj jewelery for my kid's birthday. If it's huge, pink and ugly - it's the right stuff, lol.

    Anyway, I wouldn't read much into the lyrics. It could be a precursor for things to come, but more likely it's just something that (kind of) rhymed.

    By the way, when looking for information on Lil Wayne (who I thought I remembered seeing on a list of republican celebrities) I came across this article called "Most Hip-Hop Artists are Politically Conservative". Take it for what it's worth, lol. http://tinyurl.com/2co3jxt

    • and there is a question as to what is wrong with the youth of today?!? I don't think I have said this before, BUT, back in my day (oh that hurts) that would have got a performer arrested on some decency charge, and my day just ain't that long ago!

      • To be clear - this is not MY daughter, who is a high-achieving kid.

        The child I am referring to is a very messed-up kid from a "typical" messed up background. Teen mother, absent father, drugs, poverty, abuse and neglect, violence etc. etc. etc. She is in "the system" and I volunteer with her to try and help her fix her emotional problems and to maybe get out of the trap she is in. Believe me, it's not easy!

        This is as good a time as any to plug the organization I volunteer for. It is "Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA for Children) and it is an amazing thing! Seriously, please check it out! http://www.casaforchildren.org/site/c.mtJSJ7MPIsE/b.5301295/k.BE9A/Home.htm

        • Our United Way kickoff at work this year went to CASA. We raised about $6,000.00 for them in one afternoon.

        • I mean this very sincerely, I am impressed. I just got back from that web site, I will be there again. Who knows, this might be a most fortuitous meeting here. I have seen so many children hurt and abused by so many foul "adult humans", it is so rare to find people who will actually not just talk about it but follow through and actually help. Believe me, I believe you, it is not easy. Abused and/or neglected kids to need a special touch, it's a gift, I think, and it doesn't come easy. Keep up your good work, May God bless you and help you on your mission.

          • Thank you!

            The funny thing is that I really understood what Ann Romney said about Mitt seeing it as a privilege to help others. I think I might not have understood that before I started this volunteering, but now? Yeah, I totally get it! I didn't go into it to do anything but offer support to someone who really needed some help, but I have to say, I have gotten more from the experience than I could ever have imagined.

            I hope you keep it in mind. It is such a win-win situation!

          • Something I learned from Ann Romney's speech was that her husband is a man who prays in private, a quality I truly respect. Hearing of the good things he does out of the sight of the press showed me a quality that is absent in Washington today and one that I would certainly find attractive in my president. I have been up in the air on Romney but hearing that has pushed me off the fence to the "Support Romney" side.
            I am very happy for you, too. I found the same happiness helping those less fortunate than myself and it is true happiness and serenity indeed. The girls you help are fortunate and so are you, I am very happy for you!!

  • Guy's, I may be wrong, But I think y'all are misinterpreting the lyrics. Yes she says she's a republican voting for Romney... BUT the very next line talks about zombies and the devil...so I think she is saying that reps, voting for Romney are demonic zombies...or at least that's what I get out of it.

      • I can explain rap for you. Take the dumbest rhyme imaginable, so dumb a first-grader wouldn't use it for a limerick, then have some guy who can't sing a lick yell it at the top of his lungs with loud percussive noises behind him, and have him jump around like he has bumblebees in his boxers while yelling at the audience and pointing his fingers rudely. Oh, and make sure he wears huge sneakers and a cap on his head that's sideways. That's rap. Then if you have the guy rip off his shirt at some point, well, that's a rap show.

        • You forgot the parts about using as much foul language and demeaning comments about white people, cops and women (bitches and hos) as possible, and simulating sex acts on stage.

          There are only two types of music I don't like - rap and opera. And both for the same reason, I can't understand what the heck they are saying. I guess if I spoke Italian, I might like opera.

          • As a life long musician, i HATE (C)RAP! it delivers no music, minimal lyrics and a lot of talentless worms who are making a fortune because they are cheap to produce and market. And worse, the "harmony" is about 1/4 tone off, which just grates in my ears! I want to be like Poppa nad not be able to hear it!

          • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6j4f8cHBIM
            The indisputable quality of the lyrics as well as the talent are... not. Sorry to offend but she not!
            -----------------------------------
            I get it cracking like a bad back.
            Bitch talkin she the queen, when she looking like a lab rat
            I'm Angelina, you Jennifer
            Come on bitch, you see where Brad at
            Ice my wrists and I piss on bitches
            You can suck my diznik if you take this jizzes
            You don't like them disses, give my ass some kisses
            Yeah they know what this is, givin this the business
            Cause I pull up and I'm stuntin' but I ain't a stuntman
            Yes I'm rockin' Jordans but I ain't a jumpman
            Bitches play the back cause they know I'm the front man
            Put me on the dollar cause I'm who they trust in
            Ayo SB, what's the fucks good?
            We ship platinum, them bitches are shipping wood
            Them nappy headed hoes but my kitchen good
            I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish
            A bitch would

            [Hook:]
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe [x3]
            You a stupid hoe, (yeah) you a, you a stupid hoe
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (stupid, stupid)
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (you stupid, stupid)
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (you stupid, stupid)
            You a stupid hoe, (yeah) you a, you a stupid hoe (you stupid, stupid)

            Look bubbles go back to your habitat
            MJ gone and I ain't having that
            How you gon' be the stunt double to the nigga monkey
            Top of that I'm in the Phantom looking hella chonky

            Ice my wrists and I piss on bitches
            You can suck my diznik if you take this jizzes
            You don't like them disses, give my ass some kisses
            Yeah they know what this is, givin this the business

            Cause I pull up in that Porsche but it ain't De Rossi
            Pretty bitches only can get in my posse
            Yes, My name is Roman, last name is Zolanski
            But no relation to Roman Polanski
            Hey yo, baby bop, fuck you and your EP
            Who's gassin' this hoe? BP?
            Hmm thinks, 1, 2, 3, to the Nicki Minaj blink
            Cause these hoes so busted
            Hoes is so crusty, these bitches is my sons
            And I don't want custody
            Hoes so busted
            Hoes is so crusty, these bitches is my sons
            And I don't want custody

            [Hook:]
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe [x3]
            You a stupid hoe, (yeah) you a, you a stupid hoe
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (stupid, stupid)
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (you stupid, stupid)
            You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe (you stupid, stupid)
            You a stupid hoe, (yeah) you a, you a stupid hoe (you stupid, stupid)

            If you cute then the crew can roll
            If you sexy eat my cooca raw
            Put ya cape on, you a super hoe
            2012, I'm at the superbowl

            Stupid hoes is my enemy
            Stupid hoes is so whack
            Stupid hoe shoulda befriended me
            Then she coulda probably came back

            Stupid hoes is my enemy
            Stupid hoes is so whack
            Stupid hoe shoulda befriended me
            Then she coulda probably came back

            You're a stupid hoe
            You're a stupid hoe
            You're a stupid hoe

            And I ain't hit that note,
            But, fuck you stupid hoe
            Yeah, fuck you stupid hoe
            I said fuck a stupid hoe,
            Yeah, fuck a stupid hoe
            I said fuck a stupid hoe,
            Yeah, fuck a stupid hoe
            I said fuck a stupid hoe
            Yeah, fuck a stupid hoe

            I am the female Weezy...

          • Shoulda put a warning up top. Definitely NOT supposed to read the whole thing, specifically due to that danger! Sorry. It should bounce back within a few minutes of reading here at IHTM.

          • I'm sure that in a way that is just as profound as any lyr-

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            Sorry, I tried.

          • See Karmaa, we both know the same things about rap. But you forgot that they use the word N*ggaz alot too.
            I don't speak Italian either, and don't really like opera, but at least without the words, the music has value, rap not so much.

  • Her caterwauling fails to meet the prerequisites to be actual music. She is very popular regardless of that fact. If this proves to be real, there are lots of blank minded drones out there that could lose their apathy due to this 'qualified endorsement' and actually go pull the Republican lever!

  • Laziness is not the reason the economy is f-ed up, it's intentional. But I'll give her some artistic license.

    What surprising is this was not a tweet or off the cuff remark, it was actually put in an album, Lil Wayne album to boot (I hear he's really really awesome, but I don't listen to much music so I have to take peoples word for it).

    Also, does anyone want to start a pool and we'll pick dates and times when she apologizes and endorses Obama then is invited to the WH to perform?

  • The first I heard of her was when she gave a performance considered anti-Catholic at this year's Grammys. Her Dad drank heavily, took drugs, and tried to kill her mother one time by burning the house down. Romney ought to tell her she can keep her endorsement. Don't be surprised if she apologizes for her anti-Obama rap, she is in a big Pepsi campaign and is getting to be quite a star.