Let's Go Brandon

Album: single release only (2021)
Charted: 28

Songfacts®:

  • Politically conservative rapper Bryson Gray recorded this anti-Joe Biden single in collaboration with like-minded right-wing MCs, Tyson James and Chandler Crump. The title, which is repeated throughout the song, is a euphemism for "F--k Joe Biden."
  • Much of Gray, James and Crump's criticism of Biden concerns his vaccine mandates. The song starts off with a clip of the President encouraging his fellow Americans to get jabbed. Gray then accuses Biden of lying about how vaccination stops the spread of COVID and namechecks outspoken anti vaxxers, basketball player Kyrie Irving and rapper Nicki Minaj.

    Later on, Crump references pilots from multiple airlines going on strike against vaccine mandates.
  • I don't need a plane, I just hit the road
    I do what I want, I can't sell my soul


    Gray hasn't got vaccinated against COVID and refuses to wear a mask, so flying is not an option. Because he has to drive across the country for his shows, the rapper has lost out financially for sticking to his principals. "Once you comply, the more control they have," he explained to The New York magazine. "It takes us multiple days to do one show. I missed out on probably $50-, $60,000 on shows this year."
  • Several conservative rappers released completely separate songs with the same title after the meme "Let's Go Brandon," went viral.

    Loza Alexander got there first, with a pro-Trump track that topped the iTunes Store music chart.

    Bryson Gray's version followed it to #1. The publicity created by YouTube removing the song from their platform, because of its anti-vaccine lyrics, helped elevate it to the summit.

    A third country-rap version, released by Forgiato Blow, also reached the iTunes chart.

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