Yung Joc was allegedly extended an offer to perform at a rally for Kamala Harris during her presidential campaign – but it was quickly rescinded after her team discovered a mention of Donald Trump in his lyrics.
Talking to Angela Yee on her Power 105 show Way Up on Tuesday (November 12), the Atlanta native recalled the situation, which stemmed from him referencing Trump on his breakout single, “It’s Goin’ Down.”
“So I get a call to perform at a rally for Kamala,” he began. “I’m like, ‘Hell yeah!’ Then [later] they’re like, ‘I’m sorry that’s been shut down, sir.’ [I’m like,] ‘Why’s that been shut down?’ [They told me,] ‘The record that you were going to perform, it quotes, ‘Boys in the hood call me Black Donald Trump.’’ I’m like damn. It was a different time and it was propaganda for me then!”
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@wayupwithyeeYung Joc faces backlash after a controversial Trump lyric leads to a canceled performance. The rapper has since removed the line from his future sets. Thoughts? Click the link in the bio to watch the full interview on @WayUpWithYee on YouTube♬ original sound – Way Up With Angela Yee
Though he was eager to perform at a Kamala Harris rally, Yung Joc has said in the past that he would immediately turn down an offer to perform for an LGBTQ+ crowd — even if that performance includes a $250,000 price tag.
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During a 2023 interview with VladTV, Joc said: “If you’ve never had a quarter of a million dollars, then this seems hard to believe. If you don’t understand what a quarter of a million dollars really looks like in today’s society, then, it would be hard for you to believe if you understand the foundation of not being bought.”
He continued: “Ain’t nobody ever gave me $250,000 for a show, ever in my career. Don’t get me wrong, if somebody called me today, ‘Yo, man. We’ll give you a quarter-million’…Nah, I may not do it either. It’s not that I have nothing against the LGBTQ people. But I just may not understand. I may not be in the know enough to feel comfortable enough to do this. Nah, because I don’t want to start doing that. Maybe I don’t want to be comfortable with this lifestyle. Is that OK?”
“I may not be comfortable rapping this song, and this man is looking at me with lustful eyes with his nipples out. With lipstick on rapping my lyrics to me,” he concluded.
Unsurprisingly, his comments sparked a backlash on social media.
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“Aside from the fact that lust is the last thing on anyone’s mind while looking at yung joc, let’s also talk about how nobody is paying $250k for a performance from him either,” wrote one user on X.
“Why does yung joc think we’d care that he wouldn’t do a booking for a LGBTQ event? You can skip the “hetero” ones too and you still wouldn’t be missed sir,” wrote another.
