In celebration of the Joe Biden inauguration, Macklemore has taken one final dunk on Donald Trump with a new track, ‘Trump’s Over Freestyle’.
The White Privilege II rapper unleashed a two-minute takedown of the former president. In it, the rapper condemns MAGA fanatics, liberal politics that are more concerned with the amount of iron in toothpaste than police brutality, the countries response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Biden’s geriatric state.
Though he’s not leaning into the delusion that ushering in democratic leadership will be the elixir that saves the state of the nation.
“We thought 2021 was going to save us/ we thought we were going to love all our neighbours/we thought COVID was over being contagious/ nope, America’s still armed, dumb, and dangerous,” he raps.
There are moments during Macklemore’s freestyle that are so corny and misguided that you have to sit through them with gritted teeth.
I personally take umbrage with the line All you high-fiving, MAGA white boys, drinking White Claws, because I don’t really think there’s an overwhelming intersection between MAGA supporters and those who enjoy a low-calorie alcoholic beverage. There’s also the whole “MAGA supporters are truck drivers” rhetoric that simmers with total contempt for the working class.
Whatever, American’s get a free pass to celebrate in whichever cheesy, deranged way they like today. I’m sure that after four years of emotional warfare they’ve got some steam to blow off. I’m not going to hold it against them.
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I’m just upset that after all the discourse about the “subversive political art” that was going to be born from the Trump Era, what we end up with is Macklemore celebrating big tech and calling Donald Trump an “orange ho.”
At least we can all find some kind of joy in witnessing New Radicals reform for the first time in 22 years.
Check out ‘Trump’s Over Freestyle’ by Macklemore:
