Alt-rapper garners attention from President Trump and Obama by Mick Wall
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Alt-rapper garners attention from President Trump and Obama by Mick Wall
Virginia is known for a handful of things and rap music is not particularly one of them. However super captivating but once reclusive artist LaQuinn ;from Charlottesville, Virginia the Home to NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Uva Cavaliers, is catching waves for catching eyes. LaQuinn has amassed millions of plays online due to his marketing techniques that have caught the eyes and ears of both Presi’s. It also helps that the artist is very versatile with a Jamie Foxx multi-talented style of hip-hop/rap but to get the music heard is another feat in itself.
It started when Trump said “……I mean there I am standing behind my security detail and clearly I see – LaQuinn Crybaby Album available [sticker]-…… and this made me laugh because I was jousting on Twitter with some moron calling me a crybaby’’ and caught fire among industry taste-makers. LaQuinn is also the nephew of late world class drummer Johnny Gilmore which will come into play later on in this article.
You see,the story only got even more interesting when the President Trump said it also helped lead to his decision to try and help Asap Rocky; another rapper currently imprisoned in Sweden for an assault charge.
“I mean its the right thing to do……….LaQuinns songs-Niglets and Beaches, Fighting the powers and Consiquinces- had me seeing what my African-American constituents feel.” exclaimed Trump as he went on to say “ …and what’s better than a Virginian, once caught in the middle of the race riot in Charlottesville and around my wineries…I mean I feel like he’s protecting my crops in a way.”
Now Obama caught ear of the rapper via his daughters whom are adulting now and pride the alt-rappers songs on life because they still have a party vibe and he has different flows that are soothing. While making trips to the university home to the Cavaliers the Obamas espied ads on his music everywhere. They remarked how it was seemingly fit that he had a chant song -Wahoo Wah- for the basketball team that felt like he knew they were going to win the NCAA Championship but it did not deal with sports but rather yet the inequalities and racism in and around the school but without pointing fingers.
President Trump and Obama have shown praise to rappers like Kanye West and Chance the rapper also of Chicago but never one rapper at the same time as they both have varying political views and ditto for ones on life so it is very exciting to see that ones philosophy on life could touch both of them.
Having reached into the millions of streams stratosphere online , LaQuinn continues to steam on as his new band Johnny Jays aka Chronic Royale have been in talks for a major deal sanz any member ever taking a meeting. His networking had made this “industry inside info” as he may have really drawn a lot of attention to the city of Charlottesville once again like a band with the initials DMB. LaQuinn is dubbed “Forest Gump of music” because once you get into his life you’ll see that he has crossed paths with and done some amazing things. His hometown Charlottesville is the birthplace of many bands and artists so it’s not really unimaginable that an alt-rapper is the toast of the town. If you are aware of his true family ties then you would know that his musician family has helped to build a lot of musical catalogs and sounds in our current industry with stories on that coming later. Many know I don’t do rap but cheers to LaQuinn for making me a fan as well as a couple of you readers.
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