The 'Mayor of MAGAville' Is a White Rapper Named Forgiato Blow

[Celerity]

He rapped about guns and women without any success. But a pivot toward Donald Trump has put Kurt Jantz at the heart of MAGA politics.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gp4a/maga-rapper-forgiato-blow



Clearwater, Florida, home to white sand beaches and Scientology’s hulking “Super Power” complex, was the scene of the thousands-strong pro-Trump flotilla in 2020 that set out to break the world’s record for the largest boat parade in history. On one recent Friday evening, I found myself stuck in traffic there.

It was pouring rain, and I was riding shotgun in a Rolls-Royce with a 38-year-old MAGA rapper named Forgiato Blow. We were on our way to have dinner at Hooters. Only half of his face tattoos were visible from where I sat: a diamond balanced on the coiffed hair of a cartoon Richie Rich on his cheek. Two interlocked Rs—to stand for Rolls-Royce—nestled next to his ear. And the Bitcoin symbol peeking out from under his red, white, and blue “American Gangster” cap.



As we inched our way up the Gulf to Bay Boulevard, rain thudding against the windshield and sunroof, I almost forgot how we must have looked to passers-by. The Rolls-Royce is painted cotton-candy pink and neon blue. It’s covered in drawings of dollar bills, Bitcoins, piggy banks—and Richie Rich. On the hood are the words “Trump’s Nephew.”

Forgiato Blow, whose real name is Kurt Jantz, is not Trump’s nephew. But the illusion is a key part of his alter ego. It’s also the name of his latest album. While Jantz was parking, a man outside Hooters laughed. “Who the hell drives that? Captain Crunch?” I repeated the joke over dinner, with his producer Dexter Drayton (aka FangaLee) and another up-and-coming MAGA rapper, Stoney DudeBro. They laughed. Jantz wasn’t as amused.



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[NoMoreRepugs]

1. I have to get out of Florida.

[Celerity]

5. it really has become a special kind of fresh hell

[louis-t]

10. Well, you know what Milton said.....

Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. There are always those who will sell their souls for money and fame.

However fleeting.

[yardwork]

3. The dollar bill signs on his car are backwards.

[XacerbatedDem]

4. Excuse me while I throw-up...

[underpants]

6. A lot of people think face tattoos don't lend themselves to credibility

But Stoney DudeBro begs to differ

[onethatcares]

7. I thought the circus closed down

a long long time ago.. But I can see they've only shortened the crew to a fat, tattooed, bearded guy in a clown car.

This, no really, This is what we need representing us to the world.....

[Celerity]

9. A Rolls-Royce Ghost clown car! LOLOLOL

[Blue Owl]

8. One wonders what Roger Stone and Donald tRump are thinking when they bust out the dance moves

It's good comic therapy at least -- but who do they think wants to see that???