Why was Yung Joc's Kamala Harris rally invite canceled? Atlanta rapper shares details

Jasiel Amon Robinson, who goes by the stage name Yung Joc, revealed he was called upon to perform at a Kamala Harris rally, but his invite was later canceled. During his appearance on the radio show Way Up With Angela Yee on November 12, 2024, The Atlanta rapper said that his performance got canceled because he used a Donald Trump metaphor in one of his songs.

"I get a call to perform at a rally, for Kamala... Went to the DNC, I did all these different things. I was like 'hell yeah,'" Joc stated.

However, someone from the campaign team informed him later that they had "shut down" his performance. When the Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star questioned the reason behind the move, he was told:

"The record that you were going to perform, it quotes-'boys in the hood call me Black Donald Trump.'"

For the unversed, the line is from Yung Joc's 2006 hit, It's Goin Down, which was part to his debut album, New Joc City. In the song, the rapper equated the president-elect, who rose to fame as a businessman, to wealth and status.

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"It was a different time"—Yung Joc reveals he has muted the Donald Trump part from his song for some time now

In his interview with Way Up With Angela Yee, Yung Joc admitted that he ultimately understood why his performance was canceled. He rhetorically questioned:

"Why did I say that in the record?"

In Joc's defense, the radio show hosts stated that rappers since the 1980s and 1990s have named Trump in their bars, especially when he was a businessman. Joc added:

"It was a different time, it was propaganda for me then."

The Atlanta rapper revealed he has been muting the Donald Trump part from the track "for some time now."

During a November 5, 2024, interview on the B High Alt podcast, Joc had previously expressed regret for the particular bar. At the time, he discussed about celebrities endorsing Trump or Harris during the U.S. elections.

Joc reasoned that with such influence, celebrities also become responsible for using that platform to share what they stand for. He also noted that no matter who one endorsed or voted for, it is that person's perogative.

Moreover, Yung Joc explained that once upon a time he was a victim of "propoganda, popularity, and positioning." He brought up the topic of muting Donald Trump while performing It's Goin Down live because he wrote it when he was a different person.

Yung Joc is not the only rapper to denounce using the president-elect's name in the past. Despite his money-inspired 2011 song titled Donald Trump, Mac Miller has frequently criticized Trump. In a 2016 interview appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, he asserted that he "hate[d]" Trump, adding that the latter was "racist" and "hateful."

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During the 2024 elections, several rappers rallied behind the candidate they supported. This included Megan Thee Stallion, Eminem, and Cardi B supporting Kamala Harris. While Kodak Black and Waka Flocka expressed support for Donald Trump, as reported by Billboard.

With over 270 electoral votes, Republican candidate Donald Trump won the presidential elections. He is set to take office in January 2025.