{"id":587633,"date":"2026-05-16T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587633\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:31:09","slug":"white-house-draws-backlash-after-sharing-edited-version-of-drakes-iceman-album-cover-with-maga-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587633\/","title":{"rendered":"White House draws backlash after sharing edited version of Drake’s ‘Iceman’ album cover with MAGA chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Donald Trump<\/a> administration has shared an edited version of Drake<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Iceman\u2019 cover, immediately drawing backlash.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Drake and Kendrick Lamar\u2019s feud: the full timeline<\/a><\/p>\n

The Canadian rap star first started teasing new music just hours before last night\u2019s (May 15) massive drop, which saw Drake catch fans off guard by sharing three full albums<\/a> \u2013 \u2018Habibti\u2019, \u2018Maid of Honour\u2019, and \u2018Iceman\u2019 \u2013 with the latter featuring 18 songs with titles including \u2018Make Them Cry\u2019, \u2018Whisper My Name\u2019, \u2018Make Them Pay\u2019 and more.<\/p>\n

The same day that Drake shared all three records, the White House shared its own version of the \u2018Iceman\u2019 artwork on social media. The original album cover features a man\u2019s hand in a Michael Jackson-style bejewelled glove, but in the White House\u2019s edited version, that same hand holds a chain necklace with a \u201cMAGA\u201d pendant.<\/p>\n

The caption, which many fans have decried in the comments, reads: \u201cICED OUT\u201d. The post\u2019s comment section on X\/Twitter has already been flooded with pushback from fans, with one lamenting<\/a>: \u201cGovernment officials partaking in rap\/pop culture stuff instead of making this country better\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile families can\u2019t afford groceries or rent [..] you\u2019re memeing rap album covers like a 14yo edgelord on TikTok,\u201d another agreed<\/a>. \u201cPriorities are iced out for sure. Delete this and govern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake has not yet responded to the White House using the album artwork.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s use of pop culture and music across various campaigns has continued to court controversy. He played songs including \u2018You Can\u2019t Always Get What You Want\u2019 and \u2018Start Me Up\u2019 during his 2016 rallies<\/a>, leading\u00a0The Rolling Stones<\/a>\u00a0to follow in the footsteps of\u00a0Adele<\/a>,\u00a0Neil Young<\/a>, and\u00a0Steven Tyler<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0request that he stop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Trump continued to use the music as his campaign continued, and after winning the election and being sworn in as US President in 2017,\u00a0he walked on stage at his inauguration concert to the band\u2019s 1965 song \u2018Heart Of Stone\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More recently, a source close to\u00a0Mick Jagger<\/a>\u00a0denied that he gave the producers of\u00a0Melania permission to use \u2018Gimme Shelter\u2019 in the documentary. Back in February, producer Marc Beckman claimed he had approved of the song\u2019s use,\u00a0in contrast to Guns N\u2019 Roses, Grace Jones and Prince\u2019s estate, who all refused<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He told\u00a0Variety<\/a>\u00a0that Jagger \u201cwas actually involved\u201d and \u201cgave his blessing\u201d, but a source close to the rock icon said, per\u00a0The Guardian<\/a>, that he felt scepticism was required as the producer was attempting to promote the documentary.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for The Rolling Stones also told the newspaper that the band did not liaise with Beckman over the use of the track in the film \u2013 the deal was made between the producers and music company ABKCO, which owns the rights to the band\u2019s pre-1971 material.<\/p>\n

As aforementioned, The Stones have previously objected to the use of their music in Trump rallies, too, alongside the likes of\u00a0Prince<\/a>\u2019s estate,\u00a0Foo Fighters<\/a>,\u00a0ABBA<\/a>,\u00a0Bruce Springsteen<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Queen<\/a>,\u00a0R.E.M<\/a>,\u00a0Jack White<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Celine Dion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for Drake, in January the rapper was accused in court of promoting an allegedly illegal online gambling platform<\/a>\u00a0and using proceeds to artificially inflate his streaming numbers, and that month also saw\u00a0A$AP Rocky release a diss track against him, \u2018Don\u2019t Be Dumb\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latter seemed to be an apparent response to the 2024 track \u2018Family Matters\u2019, which one of the many diss tracks traded in the beef with Kendrick Lamar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Donald Trump administration has shared an edited version of Drake\u2019s \u2018Iceman\u2019 cover, immediately drawing backlash. READ MORE:\u00a0Drake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[141,96,128,678,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-587633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-rap","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}