The Hip-Hop World Reacts Divisively To Donald Trump Assassination Attempt

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The assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump's life yesterday (Saturday, July 13) in Butler, Pennsylvania shocked the world. Many folks reacted wildly to it online, whether with their funniest memes or with their most sobering statements on the matter, including the world of hip-hop. There were a lot of rappers who commented on the Trump shooting via their social media accounts, and the reactions were just as varied as the level of support that rap has voiced for the convicted politician. Some of them issued more comical takes, whereas others expressed how disturbed they are by this incident, which left at least one other person dead in addition to the suspected shooter and two more injured.

Some of the numerous MCs that came out in support of Donald Trump recently (or, to be fair, a while ago) wished the former president well, such as Lil Pump and Sleepy Hallow. Others have yet to post about it publicly online, although we're sure that they have their thoughts on the subject as well, as it was another "shot heard around the world" moment. Either way, they feel glad that the New York business tycoon made it out of this attempt alive. It was a close and terrifying situation.

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Of course, there were other figures in the hip-hop community whose jokes were less sympathetic, but not every Trump critic is like that. Some folks like Kid Cudi made it clear that they don't support him at all, but still expressed their best wishes that everything turn out okay for him. It's important to recognize that just because this attempt might've been birthed by extremism, it doesn't mean that future attempts will be prevented by extremism. As such, President Joe Biden and many others condemned this violence and wished Trump well despite their disagreements with him.

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Meanwhile, we're sure this will further spur the MAGA fervor and elicit a whole lot of chaotic discourse between supporters and detractors. Trump fortunately survived, and we'll see how this impacts the path of the election and its discourse. Maybe this will be a contentious debate between both sides... maybe it's a point of unity. But either way, we know to expect plenty of bars about the subject in the near future.

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Tory Lanez's 'Prison Tapes' Hits Roadblock As Recording Equipment Gets Seized

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Tory Lanez‘s Prison Tapes series has likely come to an end as his recording equipment has been confiscated.

According to TMZ, the rapper’s studio equipment was seized by prison guards during a raid of his cell block at the California Correctional Institution, where he’s serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion.

The news was confirmed by Ceasar McDowell, CEO of Unite the People and chief deputy on Tory’s legal team, who was informed by prison officials that inmates are strictly forbidden from having recording devices for various reasons.

Lanez launched Prison Tapes in July and released nine songs that were recorded behind bars, along with several other previously unreleased tracks from his Lost Tapes and Twitch Tapes series.

When announcing the weekly series, Tory said he had figured out a way to record music in prison while achieving the same high-quality sound as a professional studio.

“After about 20-something to 30-something fuck-ups and mistakes, me and my engineer have finally figure out how to record music over the jail phone and still keep the quality as professional as I had it on the street,” he said in a recorded phone call posted on Instagram.

“It’s over. I done cracked the fucking code, man. This means that not even these prison walls can stop me from dropping new music. It’s crazy! That being said, I’m about to start dropping hot heaps of coal on y’all head top. I’m dropping the all new ‘Free Tory’ playlist — it’s gon’ be updated every week with new music that I’m recording from prison in real time.”

He added: “This is the first of its kind and although God has already shown me that this moment is only temporary, it speaks testimony to the fact that no matter where they put me they can’t lock down my spirit, my ambition, my soul my passion nor my destiny!”

 

Tory was not exaggerating as fans were immediately stunned by the sound quality of his first Prison Tapes offerings, “Cell 245” and “Wish I Never Met You.”

“Tory Lanez really got some crazy quality on this song. You dead can’t even tell he did this over a prison phone,” one impressed listener wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Another said: “How is Tory lanez song quality this good from jail[.] he wasn’t lying he cracked the code,” while a third fan joked: “They gave Tory Lanez a whole studio.”

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