YG Says Secret Service Reached Out Following Release of Anti-Trump Song, May Try to Take His Album Off Shelves
Following the release of YG and Nipsey Hussle's
politically charged protest track "FDT" -- an acronym for "F--k Donald
Trump" that rallies against the Republican presidential candidate, the
Secret Service has apparently reached out to YG's Def Jam label to
peruse the content of his upcoming album.
"Secret Service hollered at the label," the Compton rapper recently told TMZ
while he was at Los Angeles International Airport. "They asked if they
could see the lyrics on my album to see if I'm talking about it on my
album. 'Cause I'm talking about it on my album, they gon' try to take it
off the shelf." (This calls to mind another L.A. based talent, N.W.A
who received a letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1989
following the release of their controversial track "F--k Tha Police.)
Few details are known about YG's sophomore studio effort, the follow-up to 2014's Krazy Life, but the
standalone release "FDT" (which was recorded in "less than an hour,"
per Nipsey ) has already ruffled some feathers among blue suits. Cops
shut down the "FDT" video shoot on the corner of Crenshaw Blvd. and
71st Street in L.A. last month. An LAPD spokesperson said there was no
violence among the "hundreds" of people that gathered for the shoot
though citations were handed out likely because of infractions ranging
from illegally modified exhaust systems to excessive speed and loitering
for the general purpose of street racing.
Reps for YG and his label were not immediately available for comment.
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