The White House reportedly wanted rapper A$AP Rocky to publicly thank President Trump for attempting to facilitate his release from a Swedish jail, but A$AP Rocky ghosted them instead. Yahoo News reports that this “bizarre saga” left behind a sea of bruised egos at the White House, but what’s paramount is that Rocky effectively avoided letting the Trump administration use him as a cheap cover for the president’s racism.
The White House reportedly wanted rapper A$AP Rocky to publicly thank President Trump for attempting to facilitate his release from a Swedish jail, but A$AP Rocky ghosted them instead. Yahoo Newsthat this “bizarre saga” left behind a sea of bruised egos at the White House, but what’s paramount is that Rocky effectively avoided letting the Trump administration use him as a cheap cover for the president’s racism.
Much of the press surrounding this ordeal made it seem as if Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s close relationship to the White House was of Donald Trump’s involvement in the campaign to free Rocky, who was accused of assault after a fight in Stockholm. But the earliest points of contact were through two high-profile black Trump allies, Darrel Scott and Kareem Lanier.Ohio-based pastor, was a Trump surrogate during the 2016 presidential campaign and member of the Trump transition team; Kareem Lanier is the co-chairman of Scott’s Urban Revitalization Coalition, a non-profit that regurgitates Trump’s agenda to black communities.
Ehmann allegedly agreed to the terms, telling Scott, “If a serial killer gets Rocky out of jail, I would have no problem saying thank you to the serial killer.”Apparently thanking President Trump would be more damaging to Rocky’s reputation than a thanking a serial killer, because Rocky has yet to thank Trump for all the hard work he’s done: Sending
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