From Pandering Callouts To Praise Of Trump, Here's What The Black People At The RNC Have To Say

Walker, a three-time All-American at the University of Georgia during the ‘80s, defended his relationship with the president and sided with Trump on athletes not protesting during the national anthem.

“Just because someone loves and respects the flag, our National Anthem, and our country doesn’t mean they don’t care about social justice. I care about all of those things, and so does Donald Trump,” Walker said. “He shows how much he cares about social justice and the Black community through his actions. And his actions speak louder than any stickers or slogans on a jersey.”

After his speech, Walker told Fox News that Trump's words are often misunderstood by the masses and people would connect better with him if they prioritized his actions. 

"I don't think people really know Donald Trump. I think they look at Donald Trump from a tweet or look at from what he says, and they're not looking at what he does," Walker said.

Walker said he built a close relationship with Trump when the president purchased the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League in 1984. The former pro athlete said player said it hurts him deeply when people accuse the president of being a bigot.

“People who think that don’t know what they are talking about. Growing up in the Deep South, I have seen racism up close. I know what it is. And it isn’t Donald Trump,” Walker said.

From the stage at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Rep. Jones accused fellow Democrats of cultivating a “mental plantation” among Black voters and doubled down on his support of Trump’s campaign.

“The Democratic Party does not want Black people to leave their mental plantation,” Jones said. “We are free people with free minds.”

He also said Democrats have been pandering to the Black community, instead of implementing policy and law to advance their quality of life. He argued that, unlike Trump, Democrats want to defund the police and have been supporting violent protest behavior.

“The Democratic Party has become infected with the pandemic of intolerance, bigotry, socialism, anti-law enforcement bias and a dangerous tolerance for people who attack others, destroy property and terrorize our own communities,” he said.

Jones got his start in politics running for the state House in 1990, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution. In 2008, President Barack Obama called him out for appropriating his image on a campaign flyer Obama didn't approve.

"I do not endorse him; I have not endorsed him," Obama told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He put my picture on his literature without asking me."

Since then, Jones' career has been mired in controversy, and he recently made noise on both sides of the table for going against party allegiances in endorsing Trump.

Kim Klacik, a Republican candidate running for office in Maryland's 7th Congressional district, attacked Joe Biden and his party for their public relations gaffs in relation to the Black community.

“Joe Biden believes we can't think for ourselves, that the color of someone's skin dictates their political views," Klacik said in the segment streamed from Charlotte Monday. "We're not buying the lies anymore, you and your party have ignored us for too long."

She warned Black voters are growing frustrated with Democrats and "the days of blindly supporting" them are ending.

In May, Biden infamously The 2020 Republican National Convention kicked off on Monday with President Donald Trump aiming to galvanize support for his re-election campaign.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>After Democrats \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/6-highlights-from-the-first-part-of-the-2020-democratic-national-convention\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">executed\u003C/a> a successful, virtual convention last week, Republicans have co-opted similar tactics. The Trump-focused RNC tapped Black speakers for endorsements and credibility, following the DNC’s programming that was intent on bringing diverse voices to speak on issues important to their voting block like police brutality and policy reform. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In a night highlighted by Sen. Tim Scott’s keynote address, former NFL running back Herschel Walker and Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones, a Democrat, joined a contingent of Black influencers who gave remarks supporting Trump and his presidency.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Here is what Black Trump advocates said about him and his campaign at the RNC Monday:\u003C/p>\n",[20],{"name":21,"slug":22,"id":23},"News","news",83,[25,29,33,37,41],{"id":26,"name":27,"slug":28,"description":8,"image":8},5363,"Herschel-Walker","herschel-walker",{"id":30,"name":31,"slug":32,"description":8,"image":8},5361,"Kim-Klacik","kim-klacik",{"id":34,"name":35,"slug":36,"description":8,"image":8},5360,"Rep.-Vernon-Jones","rep-vernon-jones",{"id":38,"name":39,"slug":40,"description":8,"image":8},5362,"Republican-National-Convention","republican-national-convention",{"id":42,"name":43,"slug":44,"description":8,"image":8},28697,"Sen. Tim Scott","sen-tim-scott",{"url":46,"thumbnail":46,"credit":47,"title":8,"alt":8,"type":48},"https://res.cloudinary.com/blavity/image/upload/v1598384256/c8gg35ewuvjmrdlqlyaz","Getty Images","image","2020-08-25T15:08:24-04:00","listicle",[52,55,58,61],{"title":53,"content":54},"Former NFL Star Defends Friendship With Trump, Says He's Not A Racist","\u003Cp>Walker, a three-time All-American at the University of Georgia during the ‘80s, defended his relationship with the president and sided with Trump on athletes not protesting during the national anthem.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“Just because someone loves and respects the flag, our National Anthem, and our country doesn’t mean they don’t care about social justice. I care about all of those things, and so does Donald Trump,” Walker said. “He shows how much he cares about social justice and the Black community through his actions. And his actions speak louder than any stickers or slogans on a jersey.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\">\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/wLzg6iGhzVY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>After his speech, Walker \u003Ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-rnc-herschel-walker-speech.amp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told \u003C/a>Fox News that Trump's words are often misunderstood by the masses and people would connect better with him if they prioritized his actions. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>"I don't think people really know Donald Trump. I think they look at Donald Trump from a tweet or look at from what he says, and they're not looking at what he does," Walker said.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Walker said he built a close relationship with Trump when the president \u003Ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/trumps-ownership-of-usfls-new-jersey-generals-fueled-anthem-fight-with-nfl.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">purchased\u003C/a> the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League in 1984. The former pro athlete said player said it hurts him deeply when people accuse the president of being a bigot.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“People who think that don’t know what they are talking about. Growing up in the Deep South, I have seen racism up close. I know what it is. And it isn’t Donald Trump,” Walker said.\u003C/p>\n",{"title":56,"content":57},"Rep. Jones Attacks Own Party For Pandering To Black People ","\u003Cp>From the stage at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Rep. Jones accused fellow Democrats of cultivating a “mental plantation” among Black voters and doubled down on his support of Trump’s campaign.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“The Democratic Party does not want Black people to leave their mental plantation,” Jones said. “We are free people with free minds.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\">\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/hj-QAUsi_kA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/span> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>He also said Democrats have been pandering to the Black community, instead of implementing policy and law to advance their quality of life. He argued that, unlike Trump, Democrats want to \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/the-movement-to-defund-the-police-explained\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">defund the police\u003C/a> and have been supporting violent protest behavior.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“The Democratic Party has become infected with the pandemic of intolerance, bigotry, socialism, anti-law enforcement bias and a dangerous tolerance for people who attack others, destroy property and terrorize our own communities,” he said.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Jones got his \u003Ca href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/all-about-vernon-jones/zSjWgmBugmCDjOwzJPEKbK/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">start \u003C/a>in politics running for the state House in 1990, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution. In 2008, President Barack Obama called him out for appropriating his image on a campaign flyer Obama didn't approve.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>"I do not endorse him; I have not endorsed him," Obama told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He put my picture on his literature without asking me."\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Since then, Jones' career has been mired in controversy, and he recently made noise on both sides of the table for going against party allegiances in endorsing Trump.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\u003Ciframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 802px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=blavity&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1298072596156735489&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Feditor.blavity.com%2Feditpost%2F5f452968c77c89314e07bd1a&siteScreenName=blavity&theme=light&widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1298072596156735489\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\n",{"title":59,"content":60},"Black Republican Congressional Candidate Says Democrats Take Black Vote For Granted","\u003Cp>Kim Klacik, a Republican candidate \u003Ca href=\"https://kimkforcongress.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">running \u003C/a>for office in Maryland's 7th Congressional district, attacked Joe Biden and his party for their public relations gaffs in relation to the Black community.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“Joe Biden believes we can't think for ourselves, that the color of someone's skin dictates their political views," Klacik said in the segment streamed from Charlotte Monday. "We're not buying the lies anymore, you and your party have ignored us for too long."\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\">\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/H4rYc3QcPX8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>She warned Black voters are growing frustrated with Democrats and "the days of blindly supporting" them are ending.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In May, Biden infamously \u003Ca href='http://\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/KOIFs_SryHI?start=1044\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>‘ rel=”noopener noreferrer” target=”_blank”>told \u003C/a>radio show host Charlamagne tha God that any Black person who is torn about which way they'll vote in the upcoming election "ain't Black."\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>"If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black," the Democratic nominee said. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Hours later, Biden \u003Ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/22/joe-biden-breakfast-club-interview-274490\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">walked \u003C/a>back his comments and said his remarks were “much too cavalier” Politico reports.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Klacik is \u003Ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-speaker-kim-klacik-republican-convention\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">running \u003C/a>again for the Maryland 7th District seat left vacant by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings after she lost the special election in April, according to Fox News.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Trump recently shared a short advertisement she commissioned called, “Black Lives Don’t Matter To Democrats.” In the short, she takes viewers through poverty stricken parts of Baltimore, condemning popular left-wing politicians that govern the city.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrats don’t want you to see this. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>They’re scared that I’m exposing what life is like in Democrat run cities. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>That’s why I’m running for Congress \u003Cbr />Because All Black Lives Matter \u003Cbr />Baltimore Matters \u003Cbr />And black people don’t have to vote Democrat \u003Cbr />Help us win \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/CSOjc9aQlS\">https://t.co/CSOjc9aQlS\u003C/a>\u003Cbr />\n\u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/XnEDTaDDIG\">pic.twitter.com/XnEDTaDDIG\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kimKBaltimore/status/1295461903268040707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2020\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/blockquote>\n",{"title":62,"content":63},"Sen. Scott Says Trump's Criminal Justice Reform Is More Fair Than Biden's ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\">Scott, the \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/tim-scott-the-only-black-republican-us-senator-explains-the-republicans-version-of-the-justice-in-policing-act?category1=politics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\">lone\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"> Black Republican senator, gave a personal account of how he rose from poverty to power in his keynote remarks. Scott also used his speaking slot to criticize Biden-backed policies affecting the Black community.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“Biden led the charge on a crime bill that put millions of Black Americans behind bars,” he said. “President Trump’s criminal justice reform law fixed many of the disparities Biden created and made our system more fair and just for all Americans.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\">\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/8w9ZwgHC78I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Scott \u003Ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2020/7/7/21311493/tim-scott-race-policing-justice-act-reform\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">headed \u003C/a>the effort to create his party’s police reform proposal after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. His plan was blocked by Senate Democrats who wanted more sweeping, widespread reform.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>On Monday, he said Democratic leaders “wanted the issue more than they wanted a solution.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The senator underscored his belief in “the goodness of America,” by describing his own childhood as a poor student who became the first Black person elected to both the House and Senate.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime,” Scott said. “And that’s why I believe the next American century can be better than the last.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The 54-year-old Scott praised Trump for building, “the most inclusive economy ever.” According to Scott, seven million jobs were created before the coronavirus outbreak with two thirds of going to women, Blacks and Latinx.\u003C/p>\n",true,{"disableAd":66,"disableConnatixPlayer":66,"enabledComments":66,"headScript":67},false,null,{"list":69,"total":270},[70,143,207],{"id":71,"author":72,"authors":81,"title":83,"subTitle":8,"excerpt":8,"slug":84,"body":85,"categories":86,"tags":99,"featuredMedia":133,"publishedAt":138,"updatedAt":139,"type":140,"listicle":141,"disableContentGate":66,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":66,"canonicalUrl":8,"socialThumbnail":8,"additional":142},72749668,{"id":73,"avatar":74,"firstName":75,"lastName":76,"displayName":77,"email":78,"username":79,"description":8,"twitter":8,"facebook":8,"instagram":8,"registeredAt":80},99749,"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/88d26cab5cbc718a48dad4723a532307?s=1024&r=g","Monique","Jones","Monique Jones","Monique.Jones@blavity.com","MoniqueJones","2023-01-12T17:11:33+00:00",[82],{"id":73,"avatar":74,"firstName":75,"lastName":76,"displayName":77,"email":78,"username":79,"description":8,"twitter":8,"facebook":8,"instagram":8,"registeredAt":80},"Zendaya On Channeling The Pressure Of Being 'Twice As Good' In 'Challengers'","zendaya-tashi-challengers-character","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/zendaya-timothee-chalamet-working-together\">Zendaya\u003C/a> brought her own experiences as a Black woman living under pressure into her \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/challengers-zendaya-new-trailer\">\u003Cem>Challengers\u003C/em> performance\u003C/a> as tennis pro Tashi Donaldson. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WW_F6X9x4Lo?si=GZfoG3xI_UarTrGq\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Blavity/Shadow and Act’s managing editor, Trey Mangum, spoke with Zendaya and co-stars Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist about \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/zendaya-challengers-poster\">the film\u003C/a>, which follows Tashi, a tennis star whose life-changing injury forces her out of the sport. She changes tactics and begins coaching her husband Art (Faist), but things turn even more when her husband’s nemesis on the court is also her ex-boyfriend Patrick (O’Connor). \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Zendaya identified with Tashi’s sense of pressure, especially with both her and her character being Black women facing unparalleled scrutiny in the public eye. She talked about the burden of having to be twice as good in order to be considered on par with whiteness. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I think that’s something that I’ve lived and constantly been aware of throughout my career,” she said. I think that plays into my fear of making mistakes or doing something wrong or stepping out of being perfect…so I think that’s something that I’ve personally carried and I think it would be the same for Tashi.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The reason why she’s so passionate about tennis because of her access to it and her proximity to it, because it’s her whole life. There’s no backup plan, there’s nothing to fall back on, and there’s a lot of pressure to make it or to be the one who does,” Zendaya continued. “I think that driven spirit comes from that and that’s why she puts so much of herself into the sport and that’s why it’s so devastating…for them [characters Art and Patrick], there’s a backup. 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His goal was never to be boxed into a \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/nigerian-american-singer-nola-ades-genre-bending-sound-is-the-future-of-afrobeats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genre\u003C/a> but to simply make music. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I’ve always been somebody who wants to show people that it’s other people that look like you in other genres and other spaces,” he told Blavity in a recent interview. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Born Collins Chibueze, the Fairfax, VA native, has had his boots to the ground in the entertainment industry since 2014. He grew up listening to various music artists and genres that influenced his overall style. Artists from Ja Rule and Jennifer Lopez to Kenny Rogers impacted him, and of course, J-Kwon, whose 2004 “Tipsy” hit inspired Shaboozey’s No. 1 single, “\u003Ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7bQwwqW-Hc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Bar Song.”\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“A lot of it just came from being from Virginia,” he said about his upbringing influencing his creative range. “If you look at artists like Pharrell, who’s eclectic as hell, he got into so many different pockets. I think I’m the same. I’m just super creative. Super artistic. I have a lot of ideas. I’ve always been a fan of different artists and different genres of music of people who don’t look like me.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He was also inspired by his Nigerian parents, who were avid music lovers and allowed him to explore genres. He recalled noticing that his current style of belt buckles and cowboy boots reminded him of his father.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I look back at pictures and think, ‘Ahh, I’m becoming my dad.’ I need to switch this up,” he joked. \u003C/p>\n",[162],{"name":163,"slug":164,"id":165},"Music","music",95,[167,171,175,178],{"id":168,"name":169,"slug":170,"description":8,"image":8},56859,"Beyonce","beyonce-3",{"id":172,"name":173,"slug":174,"description":8,"image":8},19406,"Country music","country-music",{"id":176,"name":177,"slug":177,"description":8,"image":8},70859,"shaboozey",{"id":126,"name":127,"slug":128,"description":8,"image":8},{"url":180,"thumbnail":181,"credit":8,"title":182,"alt":8,"type":48},"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/99410008_v1-e1713984817197.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/99410008_v1-e1713984817197-150x97.jpg","Shaboozey","2024-04-24T15:19:08-04:00","2024-04-27T14:43:51-04:00",[186,188,190,192,194,196,198,200,202,204],{"title":8,"content":187},"\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe title=\"Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Official Visualizer]\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/t7bQwwqW-Hc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":189},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shaboozey’s musical style has evolved over the years but has always remained within his \u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">own\u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> world of singing, rapping \u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and\u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> storytelling. \u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At a young age, he learned to embrace his uniqueness by witnessing a friend embrace his love for Prince to the point of dressing and doing his hair like the late legend.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":191},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">“He had his own thing going on. And I really wanted to figure out what that was for myself, just seeing somebody unapologetically being inspired by whatever inspires them,” he said.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":193},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shaboozey released his first single, “Jeff Gordon,” \u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in\u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 2014 and gained mainstream exposure in 2018 with the single “Start a Riot” featuring Duckworth from the \u003C/span>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u003C/span>\u003C/em>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> soundtrack. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His sophomore album, 2022’s \u003C/span>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cowboys Live Forever, Outlaws Never Die,\u003C/span>\u003C/em>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> piqued the interest of listeners who wanted more. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":195},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two years later, Shaboozey was featured not once but twice on one of the most transformative albums of this generation: Beyoncé’s \u003C/span>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/cowboy-carter-beyonce-roots\">Cowboy Carter\u003C/a>. \u003C/span>\u003C/em>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The trap-country tracks “Spaghetti” and “SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN” were the perfect songs to display his talents, but he revealed there could have been more.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":197},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">“It could have been three, to tell you the truth, maybe more,” he revealed. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He mentions that he “wrote” another song Queen Bey passed on before the album was released. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">“I love that song. Anyone I played that song was like, ‘Wow, like that song is incredible,’ but they passed on it. Maybe timing or something,” he said.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":199},"\u003Cp>Regardless of what tracks made it onto \u003Cem>Cowboy Carter\u003C/em>, Shaboozey said being included was a “dream come true” and validation of what he’s been doing all these years.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">“I’ve been doing a lot of this by myself with no real features or real big cosigns,” he said. “So, to get a cosign from the biggest artist in the world was a dream come true. And I felt like I did my thing on the features too.” \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":201},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shaboozey is not taking the push of the “Beyoncé Effect” for granted. His music has \u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">been introduced\u003C/span>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to a new audience of fans and supporters, whom he welcomes with open arms. “A Bar Song” has snagged the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart and Apple’s Top Country Songs. He’s headlining some of this year’s largest festivals, including Stagecoach and Outside Land. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":203},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He’s gearing up to release his newest project, \u003C/span>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, \u003C/span>\u003C/em>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">due in May, and is excited to show his fans all facets of him.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">“It’s going to be very eclectic. It will have some fun poppy sogs on there, but some of are very serious and talking about some truths,” he teased.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":205},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He added, “Some of those truths are kind of dark.”\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shaboozey is ready to show new and old fans what he’s made of — his creativity, versatility and commitment to self. Just don’t ask him to do any line dances.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He laughed as he said, “I’m 6’4. I’m not doing that.”\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n",{"disableAd":66,"disableConnatixPlayer":66,"enabledComments":64,"headScript":8},{"id":208,"author":209,"authors":216,"title":218,"subTitle":8,"excerpt":8,"slug":219,"body":220,"categories":221,"tags":230,"featuredMedia":240,"publishedAt":245,"updatedAt":246,"type":50,"listicle":247,"disableContentGate":66,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":64,"canonicalUrl":8,"socialThumbnail":268,"additional":269},72748975,{"id":210,"avatar":211,"firstName":8,"lastName":8,"displayName":212,"email":213,"username":214,"description":8,"twitter":8,"facebook":8,"instagram":8,"registeredAt":215},99591,"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1020-2-compress.jpg","Aria Bell","aria.bell@blavity.com","ariabell","2022-08-29T17:13:08+00:00",[217],{"id":210,"avatar":211,"firstName":8,"lastName":8,"displayName":212,"email":213,"username":214,"description":8,"twitter":8,"facebook":8,"instagram":8,"registeredAt":215},"The Black Food Truck Festival Is A Rapidly Rising South Carolina Event, Founded By A Former College Of Charleston Basketball Player","black-food-truck-festival-founder-south-carolina","\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https://www.blackfoodtruckfestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black Food Truck Festival\u003C/a> in Ladson, \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/angel-reese-and-kamilla-cardosa-will-be-wnba-teammates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina\u003C/a> is gearing up for its fourth annual get-together this weekend.\u003C/p>\n",[222,226],{"name":223,"slug":224,"id":225},"Black Owned Business","black-owned-business",70683,{"name":227,"slug":228,"id":229},"Small-Business","small-business",70681,[231,235,239],{"id":232,"name":233,"slug":234,"description":8,"image":8},71071,"food festival","food-festival",{"id":236,"name":237,"slug":238,"description":8,"image":8},35682,"South Carolina","south-carolina-2",{"id":126,"name":127,"slug":128,"description":8,"image":8},{"url":241,"thumbnail":242,"credit":243,"title":244,"alt":8,"type":48},"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1125671385.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1125671385-150x100.jpg","Photo: SolStock via Getty Images","Friends Sharing Pizza at Festival","2024-04-24T11:34:23-04:00","2024-04-27T14:43:40-04:00",[248,250,252,254,256,258,260,262,264,266],{"title":8,"content":249},"\u003Cp>\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>When Marcus Hammond moved to Charleston to play basketball for the College of Charleston, he fell in love with the city, the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.postandcourier.com/moultrie-news/news/business/black-food-truck-fest-founder-reflects-on-growth/article_0c8a56a8-fad9-11ee-92fe-4fa75f8fcb9d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Post and Courier\u003C/a> reported. After graduation, he stayed in the area and worked in the banking industry as a relationship manager. In 2022, he created the Black Food Truck Festival, which brought out 5,000 guests during its first year.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":251},"\u003Cp>“We’ve got everything from the diaspora to Gullah Geechee to soul food, seafood, Charleston staples like the chewies, Gullah rice and red rice,” he said.\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":253},"\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C3z-mttLRMO/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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We aim for that perfection knowing that we’ll fall short. But it’s always our aim.”\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":259},"\u003Cp>This year, over 15,000 people are estimated to come out and fill up the Exchange Park Fairgrounds with most attendees expected to come from states nearby like North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":261},"\u003Cp>Hammond shared some new additions to the festival that include “Rhythms & Booze” (April 26), The Melanin x BFTF AM Workout (April 27) and the “Trappyoke” Afterparty” (April 28).\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":263},"\u003Cp>“Those are tweaks that we have made seeing the data that a lot of people came here from out of town. So, [it’s] what we wanted to do [with] Charleston being No. 1 in tourism hands down throughout the country for more than the last decade. But oftentimes, when we see those tourist attractions, they’re not always guided toward Black-curated events,” Hammond explained. “So, what we wanted to do is change the narrative from people thinking of the deep south, old Charleston, to being able to come to Charleston for a full weekend and experience Black culture and Charleston, curated by Black people.”\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":265},"\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5qhJjLgLIG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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white-space: nowrap;\">\u003Ca style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5qhJjLgLIG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Black Food Truck Festival®️ (@blackfoodtruckfestival)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":8,"content":267},"\u003Cp>\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>For more information about the Black Food Truck Festival, visit the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.blackfoodtruckfestival.com/\">website\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\u003C/p>\n","https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-23-at-3.50.48-PM.png",{"disableAd":66,"disableConnatixPlayer":66,"enabledComments":64,"headScript":8},91,{},{"H1ouLlApLU":67,"WJj5s3EaD3":67},"/from-pandering-callouts-to-praise-of-trump-heres-what-the-black-people-at-the-rnc-have-to-say",{"isarticle":275},{"article":66,"cname":8,"iuParts":276},"/11462305847/bla"]