Highlights
- Ben Shapiro teamed up with Tom MacDonald on a rap song called “Facts,” surprising many, including Nicki Minaj, given their history.
- While Shapiro and MacDonald aren’t close friends, they have been in contact since meeting in Los Angeles.
- Nicki Minaj congratulated Shapiro on the success of “Facts”.
If there’s one thing that people can agree on when it comes to Ben Shapiro, it’s that he keeps his family life away from the spotlight. This just makes Shapiro, his super private wife Mor, and his controversial sister Abigail more mysterious.
Ben Shapiro isn’t shy about his political beliefs, though, whether he’s interviewing others for The Daily Wire or sharing thoughts on social media. That’s why it wasn’t a huge surprise when he teamed up with Tom MacDonald on the song “Facts.” MacDonald is from Canada and known for rap music that is critical of society. What was surprising was when Nicki Minaj congratulated Ben Shapiro on the success of the song, given their history. While people are curious about how this song came to be, they also want to know the status of Ben Shapiro and Tom MacDonald’s relationship.
Were Ben Shapiro And Tom MacDonald Friends Before They Recorded “Facts” Together?
While Ben Shapiro and Tom MacDonald don’t appear to be close friends, they have been in contact ever since they met each other in Los Angeles. According to PR Newswire, the two kept in contact after they shared a photo of the two of them that people were critical of. Since it sounds like they talked from time to time, it made sense for Shapiro and MacDonald to record “Facts.”
Ben Shapiro talked about why he wanted to work on “Facts.” He explained that since he has a musical background., rapping felt logical to him. He said, “As a longtime devotee of rap, becoming a rapper was the natural next step in my career trajectory. So, when Tom asked if I wanted to collaborate on a song, I leapt at the chance. This was the moment I spent 20 years of classical violin training preparing for. For those who don’t appreciate my artistic stylings, all I can say is that they didn’t appreciate Bach properly in his own time, either.”
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Tom MacDonald’s Albums
- “All Growed Up” (2012)
- “See You Tomorrow” (2015)
- “Deathreats” (2018)
- “Ghostories” (2019)
- “Killing the Neighbors” (2020)
- Gravestones (2020)
- “As Far as the Stars” (2021)
- “Us Against the World” (2021)
- “The Brave” (2022)
- “Renegade” (2022)
- “The Revolution” (2022)
- “The Brave 2” (2023)
Tom MacDonald was excited to work with Shapiro and explained to PR Newswire:
I like to do things nobody else can do. Not everybody can get Ben Shapiro on a track. For someone who had never recorded a rap song before, he got in the studio and nailed it. We’ve both criticized the status quo of hip-hop, so it made sense.”
The two have similar political viewpoints as they are both conservative, and they seem to enjoy talking to each other. While they haven’t said that they see each other regularly or that they are very close, they seem to respect each other professionally. In 2023, Ben Shapiro interviewed Tom MacDonald for The Daily Wire. From this conversation, it’s clear that they understand each other.
MacDonald said, “I’m making music about the things that I think people are afraid to talk about.” Shapiro complimented him and said, “That’s amazing… the response has been absolutely incredible. You can see it from the number of views.”
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What Did Ben Shapiro Say About Rap? (According to Classicfm.com)
- “rap is not music”
- music needs to have three things
- rhythm, melody, harmony
- according to Shapiro, rap has rhythm but not the two others
Those familiar with Shapiro’s content can see that he and MacDonald have a lot in common. They both talk about cancel culture and people being “woke.” According to The National Post, the “anti-woke rapper” MacDonald once said, “There’s this performative wokeness that’s going on in society today and I think it’s important to point some fingers at the hypocrisy and the way that the world is changing — not for the better.”
Nicki Minaj Congratulated Ben Shapiro On His Rap “Facts” With Tom MacDonald
Since Ben Shapiro and Tom MacDonald’s song “Facts” mentions Nicki Minaj and some other artists, they might have assumed that said artists would talk about it publicly. According To The Hill, Minaj told Shapiro “congrats” on X. She wrote, “I just listened to it @benshapiro not bad. Congrats on #1.”
Nicki Minaj’s fans might be surprised that she complimented Shapiro since, according to The Hill, the two haven’t gotten along in the past. As Buzzfeed noted in June 2023, Shapiro talked about the Minaj song “Pound Town 2” in a video for The Daily Wire. He looked upset as he read the lyrics and he criticized them. When Minaj tweeted a gif and wrote “Roman said leave his a** out of it sir! No pun intended,” Shapiro responded, “Not possible, @NICKIMINAJ, since you have apparently never recorded a song that left your a** out of it.”
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- “Anaconda”
- “Starships”
- “Bang Bang” (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
- “Say So” (Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj)
- “Super Bass”
Minaj mentioned that part of the song reminded her of her own song “Roman’s Revenge” and said, “But it def sounds like Roman’s Revenge when the beat first came in…idk.” According to The Hill, Shapiro posted on X and included Minaj’s comment. He said he ““didn’t know what I was doing, but I put on a cape. Now it’s, ‘Which world tour should I go on today?’”
According to Complex, Ben Shapiro mentions Nicki Minaj in the part that he raps:
“Nicki take some notes, I just did this for fun/All my people download this, let’s get a Billboard number-one.”
Minaj posted about “Facts” on X: “Ben Shapiro? Ben Shapiro is #1 on iTunes? This better be a good edit. BARBZ if y’all don’t quit playin!!!!”
Later on, she wrote about “Facts” on X again and sounded amazed at the song’s success. She said, “Ben Shapiro put out a diss record. He said his comment sections are filled with woke Karens. The song is #1 on US iTunes. What is rlly [sic] happening & whos [sic] is that other man rapping???? Is this real life??!! He said ‘Nicki take some notes.’” She added a laughing emoji and wrote, “AYO nah.”
Source: NewsFinale
