Every day Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro and rapper Tom MacDonald hit the #1 total spot on the iTunes charts simply hours after releasing their track “Details” on Friday.
“Details” climbed the iTunes charts shortly after its launch as Shapiro and MacDonald additionally began trending on X. The track, which matches after the institution and mainstream media “sacred cows,” additionally hit the #1 spot on the hip-hop/rap chart, passing up prime artists comparable to Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, and Eminem. Shapiro and MacDonald’s “Details” is “quotable verbal crossfire,” in accordance with a press launch from MacDonald.
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“We’re now #1 total on iTunes, too,” Shapiro posted. “On the way in which, we knocked off, amongst others, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, and Taylor Swift.” @IAMTOMMACDONALD and I’ve formally made hip-hop nice once more, as was at all times my lifelong dream.”
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 26, 2024
After turning into the #1 hip-hop/rap track within the U.S., Shapiro posted on X, “I simply wish to thank God, [Tom MacDonald], and my mother and father, who paid for 15 years of classical violin classes so I might change into the #1 rapper in America.”
I simply wish to thank God, @IAMTOMMACDONALD, and my mother and father, who paid for 15 years of classical violin classes so I might change into the #1 rapper in America. pic.twitter.com/rrMGzh5N7h
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 26, 2024
“As a longtime devotee of rap, turning into a rapper was the pure subsequent step in my profession trajectory,” Shapiro mentioned. “So, when Tom requested if I wished to collaborate on a track, I leapt on the likelihood. This was the second I spent 20 years of classical violin coaching making ready for. For many who don’t recognize my inventive stylings, all I can say is that they didn’t recognize Bach correctly in his personal time, both.”
“I love to do issues no person else can do,” MacDonald mentioned after releasing “Details.” “Not all people can get Ben Shapiro on a observe. For somebody who had by no means recorded a rap track earlier than, he received within the studio and nailed it. We’ve each criticized the established order of hip-hop, so it made sense. There’s a good intention on the coronary heart of ‘Details.’ There may be gentle.”
The collaborative effort between Shapiro and MacDonald got here as a shock to many who had simply watched Shapiro’s latest interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, throughout which he argued that rap was probably not music — however that he might probably be satisfied in any other case.
.@lexfridman asks @benshapiro and @TheOmniLiberal if rap music is dangerous
Ben: Completely. pic.twitter.com/n22FbYiT8I
— Every day Wire (@realDailyWire) January 23, 2024
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.
