Tuesday, Eminem's (rapper) brutal takedown of Trump in
a rap sparked calls from fans to challenge Kid Rock (Trump supporter) to a rap
battle -- or a run for a United States Senate seat within Michigan.
The music stars come from the same region outside
Detroit which has been a popular political battleground within recent years,
but their viewpoints tend to widely vary on several issues.
Eminem, a.k.a. Marshall Mathers, made a BET Hip-Hop
Awards appearance and performed a freestyle rap filled with profanity that
attacked Trump. See details here.
Fans of hip hop rapidly drew a contrast between
Mathers and Kid Rock, the diehard backer of Trump who floated the concept of
running for United States Senate.
Kid Rock, in September, gave a profane speech that
reportedly attacked Colin Kaepernick, prior NFL quarterback for refusing to
stand while the national anthem was playing. Also, Rock published a post on
Facebook that slammed ‘the left’ for accusing him of being a bigot in spite of
his philanthropic history in Detroit.
Rock, last week, made an additional political speech
within the Fish Fry festival concert in Nashville, discussing the massacre in
Las Vegas and honoring United States service members and American flag.
The outspokenness of these stars, as well as their connection
to Michigan, has fans calling for a rap battle that is politically charged or,
at least, a showdown within a United States Senate race.
The county heavily is working class and voters comfortably
backed the Dems in the ‘60s. However, with more and more cultural alienation,
the county flipped to becoming Rep’s and give birth to “Reagan Democrats” – the
ones favoring the GOP’s social values, yet prefer economic policies of
Democrats.
During the 2016 presidential election, Trump won the
county and carried Michigan.
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