Memphis Bleek has discovered an ally with fellow New Yorker Barbara Streisand, who not too long ago quoted a few of his lyrics in response to Donald Trump’s current indictment.
On Wednesday (June 7), the 81-year-old EGOT winner — who has a well-documented historical past of political activism — took to Twitter to specific her concern in regards to the former president’s supporters or “cult,” as she described it, inflicting one other revolt if he’s discovered responsible.
The singer pointed to the actions of January sixth, the place there was an assault on Capitol Hill following the lack of Donald Trump’s second presidential bid. Interestingly, she then quoted a lyric from Bleek’s verse on JAY-Z‘s “1-900-Hustler,” where he said: “The strong are quiet, the weak start riots.”
MSNBC‘s Hip Hop-quoting anchor Ari Melber also quoted the same lyrics while discussing Trump on his show The Beat. But it’s unclear as as to whether Streisand received it from him or is a real fan of Bleek’s music.
“1-900-Hustler” is taken from the JAY-Z-led compilation album The Dynasty, which options visitor appearances from Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Scarface and lots of others.
Bleek caught wind of the tweet and couldn’t appear extra grateful. As a consequence, he quoted tweeted the entertainer’s submit to point out his assist.
Trump goes to be indicted for stealing categorised paperwork. He goes loopy together with his tweets urging his cult to “FIGHT.” We bear in mind what occurred on January sixth. “The strong are quiet, the weak start riots.” – Rapper Memphis Bleek
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) June 7, 2023
🙌🏾💯🙌🏾 https://t.co/3HnDfGM4gs
— MemphisBleek (@memphisbleek) June 7, 2023
The rapper additionally shared Streisand’s tweet in a separate submit on Instagram, writing within the caption: “They quoting the kid out here.”
In April, Donald Trump turned the primary former president to be charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying enterprise information.
In different associated information, JAY-Z’s former protégé shared some uncommon footage of the primary time he hit the stage alongside his longtime buddy and collaborator.
Back in March, Bleek took to Instagram to share the grainy ’90s footage of him performing “Coming of Age” — taken from Jay’s Reasonable Doubt — alongside the Roc-A-Fella mogul.
“1st Performance Ever Straight Off the Project Bench #ComingOfAge Big Homie let me Hold it Down #MusicSavedMyLife #Roc4Life #DusseMafia #RocNation #WHMG,” he wrote.
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The gem of a clip arrived to the shock of many Hip Hop staples who saluted Memphis Bleek within the remark part, together with legendary radio hosts Sway and Ebro Darden, in addition to Royce Da 5’9″ and extra.
Bleek was one of many first artists signed to Roc-A-Fella and grew up in the identical Marcy Projects JAY-Z as soon as known as residence in Brooklyn.
They teamed up on quite a few information all through the late ’90s and early 2000s, akin to “Get Your Mind Right,” “What You Think of That,” “Do My…,” “My Mind Right,” “It’s Alright,” and extra.
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