A singles dating app for black people, simply titled “BLK,” released a song encouraging people to vote.
The Ad features a collaboration between rapper Katrina Laverne Taylor, who professionally uses the stage name Trina, and rapper Saucy Santana. Their collaborative song is titled “No Voting No Vucking.”
The lyrics clearly suggest that BLK app users should inquire if their prospective partners have previously voted or plan to participate in the upcoming November midterms.
“It’s votin’ season bruh!” Santana sings. “No voting, no loving. No voting, no touching. No voting, no nothing,” the lyrics continue to include the suggestive title, “No voting, no vucking.”
Santana describes a BLK app user “swiping” for potential matches before saying, “The only red flag? Said he don’t vote. This midterms is for all the single cutes. Wanna hit this booty? Gotta do your civic duty.”
Trina then drops in rapping the second verse. She similarly suggesting a prospective partner must participate in voting before engaging in sexual activity.
“If the c—ie is the goal, go hit the polls,” Santana concludes the song.
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“This foolishness right here is what the Democrat Party thinks of Black voters. I’m outraged this morning looking at this insanity. No Voting, No Vucking?!? So Black people only will do things if motivated by sex?!? This right here is enough to turn anyone off to the Dems!” tweeted social media influencer and CEO of Urban Global Health Alliance Kevin Jenkins.
https://twitter.com/kevdjenkins1/status/1577997085160263681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The lyrics obviously push a Democratic favorability as Trina raps, “Anyone could get it universal healthcare.”
This is not the first time celebrities used crass or disgusting slogans and made promises to get Democratic votes.
Some previous get-out-the-vote campaigns from celebrities including Sean John “P. Diddy” Combs and the 2004 “Vote or Die” effort from his political service group Citizen Change.
“I’ve got one vote and I need to know which candidate represents me and my concerns,” said Combs at the time as reported by People Magazine. “Part of the responsibility I’m taking on is to write up a job description for the candidates and make sure they do their job.”
Combs later used a modified slogan for the 2008 Presidential election saying, “Obama or Die” at a music award ceremony in June that year.
Similar but more explicit campaigns have also been employed. In the 2016 election between Trump and Clinton, adult film stars Angelina Castro and Maggie Green offered to provide sexual services to males who would vote against then-Republican candidate Donald Trump.
“It’s very simple,” Castro says in a video. “All you have to do is vote against the orange clown. No brainer.”
Supposedly the porn stars carried out their promotion. This is despite Trump winning against Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton.
“I was really shocked when Trump won the election,” Castro said. “Maggie & I absolutely planned on giving all our followers if he lost. The country is completely divided. What better way to bring everyone together than with sexual activity to both sides? I think we can bring even the most ardent Trump and Clinton supporters together with sexual activity! I guarantee they won’t leave angry.”
“I was on the edge of my seat election night and was super bummed when Trump won,” said Green. “Our followers were incredibly disappointed. We still want to put a smile on the voters’ faces. There’s so much division in the country it would be nice to see people who don’t see eye to eye… get along.”
