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Yes, Rappers Can Harness the Vote
Hip-hop aficionados and influences have the numbers to make significant change
Rappers can get out the vote just like anybody else. From Cardi B. talking on Zoom with presidential hopeful Joe Biden to Ice Cube discussing potentially working with Donald Trump, hip-hop artists are using their influence to influence the polls.
As Ronda Racha Penrice writes:
That truth was certainly on display during the BET Hip Hop Awards. At the end of the City Girls barely-safe-for-TV leopard catsuit performance of “Kitty Talk” and “Jobs,” the word VOTE appeared behind them. On top of that, popular website The Shade Room is running their “When We All Vote” PSA message letting “everyone who’s been incarcerated,” like JT, one-half of the City Girls racy duo, has, know “your voice does matter.
The numbers don’t lie. In previous elections, various hip-hop-based voter registration efforts had a tremendous effect. And, win or lose, the impact that the 2020 election’s early voting and increased voting will have on all future elections could be enough to flip several seats on several levels all over the country for several more cycles.
