BEN CARSON USES ATLANTA RAPPER FOR NEW CAMPAIGN AD
In an effort reach get young African-Americans energized to vote (for a Republican no less), Ben Carson Campaign spent $150,000 for an ad buy to air on radio stations in Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Birmingham, Alabama, Jackson, Mississippi, Memphis, Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas, according to ABC News .
The rapper you hear in the new radio spot is local Atlanta rapper, “Aspiring Mogul.” He describes himself as a “Christian Republican rapper” as well as a youth minister and Carson supporter.
That’s a real picture from his Twitter
The ad is awkward and pretty cheesy, I gotta admit. It sounds like the kind of generic hip hop beat TV shows with mostly white characters use when they need hip hop sounding music for a particular scene. Mogul’s lyrics don’t exactly fill the void left by the paint-by-numbers beat accompanying it.
But if Carson is willing to sacrifice what little swag he currently carries as a way to garner black votes, then it must mean the black vote is still worth something.
Check out the ad and let me know what you think in the comments below. And you can find out more about Aspiring Mogul in the link (also below).
http://aspiringmogul.com/