{"id":263191,"date":"2026-08-11T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/263191\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:12:08","slug":"shapiro-makes-cameo-in-philadelphia-rappers-latest-video-nightmares-to-dreams-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/263191\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro makes cameo in Philadelphia rapper&#8217;s latest video &#8216;Nightmares to Dreams&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro continues to stack high-profile appearances as he seeks reelection while supposedly continuing to mull a possible presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Democrat appeared in Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill&#8217;s new music video &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwKb85C0ZuA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nightmares to Dreams<\/a>,&#8221; which premiered on YouTube roughly one week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Meek Mill and Shapiro have known each other since 2023, when Mill appeared alongside Shapiro while signing a probation reform bill, according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p>The governor continues to receive publicity after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Where-We-Keep-Light-Stories\/dp\/0063463903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">publishing a memoir in early 2026<\/a>, hosting several World Cup matches, and an appearance on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RR_Ra4dYgMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In April, CBS 21 received reports that Shapiro had raised more than 10x as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/governor-josh-shapiro-raises-a-record-10-million-in-3-months-surging-past-treasurer-stacy-garrity-campaign-election-politics-donation-fundraising-pennsylvania-pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">challenger Stacy Garrity<\/a> (R). The first-quarter donations set a new state record, his campaign team said.<\/p>\n<p>While statewide continues to show Shapiro with a decisive lead over Garrity, her campaign said Shapiro continues to lie and distort facts in his ads, <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/shapiro-garrity-release-dueling-attack-ads-as-pennsylvania-governor-race-heats-up-pa-pennsylvania-mudslinging-politics-governor-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">including polling numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A recent poll released by Emerson College showed Shapiro ranking seventh among Democrats who could consider making a <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/gov-josh-shapiro-ranks-7th-among-democrats-ahead-of-2028-presidential-election-poll-united-states-pennsylvania-pa-vice-president-kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2028 run at the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro has not declared if he plans to run for president in 2028, but he was on the national stage during the 2024 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro continues to stack high-profile appearances as he seeks reelection while supposedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-263191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}