Cringe Propaganda: Pro-Vaccine Rap Vid Tells Black People to ‘Trust Us & Not Debate’

Editor’s note: The video this article discusses is a serious production from Hip Hop Public Health. According to its website, this organization’s mission statement is “to foster positive health behavior change through the transformative power of hip-hop music.”

To emphasize: this rap video is NOT satire.

A new pro-vaccine video targets black people in a cringe rap song that tells the audience the debate is over regarding vaccine safety.

The animated music video stars a past-his-prime Darryl Matthews McDaniels, more popularly known as ‘DMC’, rapping about the urgent need to take the vaccine and return to “normal.” 

Some lyrics include:

“If doc says it’s good, then trust me it’s good. Now let’s all get the vaccine.”

“Time for us to trust and not debate. The vaccine, believe it’s safe to take.”

“We gotta act now, no need to wait. Get your vaccine before it’s too late (for real.)”

The video is so brazen and lazy in pushing its agenda that social media users criticized it en masse.

This is in such poor taste. And exactly why Black people don’t trust y’all . None of the fears were even addressed in this embarrassment. Was this geared towards children?

— (@MayaTrendy) February 11, 2021

What the actual fuck is this pandering, butter biscuit, shuck and jive, sambo bullshit.

— lknights19 (@lknights19) February 11, 2021

Literally No Other Racial Group Has To Have This Kind Of Outreach To Deliver A Message To Them…

As If Black People Or Even Black Children Can Not Comprehend Any Message Without A Hip Hop Influence.

Insulting……….

— (@itsyaboyConcept) February 11, 2021

The most notable response was an edit of the vid that included Dr. Fauci and the anal swab covid tests that recently made the news.

also please remember to get tested!!! thats as important as the vaccine. pic.twitter.com/pzv4xaHXMi

— BriJackson (@BriJacksonFilms) February 12, 2021