Juaquin James Malphurs, known professionally as Waka Flocka Flame, endorsed Trump in a post on October 16 to his X account, simply stating "TRUMP2024". Waka followed up the original post with a professional photo of himself and Trump with the caption, "#NewProfilePic".
Trump War Room also published a post to X highlighting the rapper's support of Trump.
On Wednesday afternoon, the rapper made a statement: "I’m an not a politician and i don’t wanna talk politics… i only answer to the people that made me and that’s my FANS aka THE PEOPLE… i love y’all with every bone in my body man Squaddd".
Waka Flocka is known for his hits, "Hard in da Paint", "Grove St. Party", and "No Hands". He joins various other rappers who have shown public support for Donald J. Trump, including Lil Wayne, Kanye West, DaBaby, Kodak Black, and Lil Pump, among others.
Donald Trump Jr. made a post to his Instagram supporting Waka Flocka's endorsement of his father, Donald J. Trump. In the comments, one user said and then later deleted, "Drug addicts for Trump" after she was met with a hard-hitting reply, "the presidents son is a drug addict".
