{"id":466393,"date":"2026-02-13T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466393\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:21:09","slug":"too-hort-says-rappers-should-keep-politics-to-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466393\/","title":{"rendered":"Too $hort Says Rappers Should Keep Politics to Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Too $hort<br \/>\n                          Hey Rappers, Stay Outta Politix!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              February 12, 2026<br \/>\n                            4:19 PM PST<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  February 13, 2026<br \/>\n                                6:05 AM PST\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/868de9950fd943d7ae079ed2be3d8202_md.jpg\" alt=\"021226_too_short_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>2\/13 &#8212; 6:03 AM PT &#8212; Following his chat with us, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/too-short\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Too $hort<\/a> tells TMZ &#8230; \u201cI\u2019m seriously into politics &amp; I wish everybody would get involved &amp; fight for the causes they believe in. I\u2019ve been closely following American &amp; world politics since I was a kid.\u00a0No Americans should stay out of politics. Especially in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Too $hort is blowing the whistle on rappers joining political movements &#8230; he says hip hop should limit politics to the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p>We got the Oakland OG at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chanel-west-coast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chanel West Coast<\/a>&#8216;s single release party at Andys in West Hollywood, and our photog asked him about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nicki-minaj\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicki Minaj<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nelly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nelly<\/a> recently going full MAGA.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260129_18cf2945117640ffa6769dc0cf6bf26a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e1cd993e-576c-4226-b477-91a546e4840e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/18cf2945117640ffa6769dc0cf6bf26a_md.jpg\" alt=\"nicki minaj donald trump getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Too $hort says not just rappers, but all Americans should keep their political views to themselves. He then takes us down memory lane &#8230; throwing it back to a time when fans didn&#8217;t care what their favorite artists believed in politically.<\/p>\n<p>$hort says America was better when celebs voted, supported causes they cared about and didn&#8217;t make politics part of their brand. That&#8217;s not the world we live in now, and $hort says it&#8217;s a big problem for hip hop and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Too $hort Hey Rappers, Stay Outta Politix!!! 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