Staunch alt-right rapper Forgiato Blow is topping iTunes charts with his new song, “Boycott Target,” but claims Apple’s censorship is “keeping it off the radar.”
The NY Post reports yhe song — featuring fellow rappers Jimmy Levy, Nick Nittoli and Stoney Dudebro — was released on May 25 in response to Target’s Pride-themed clothing for children.
The song’s lyrics address an LGBTQ “agenda” that the rapper sings has gone “too far” — and has caused the discount retailer to lose $10 billion in the past 10 days.
“Attention all shoppers, there’s a clean up on every aisle. Target is targeting your kids,” Blow says in the track’s opening line.
Since Blow posted the “Boycott Target” music video to his “Mayor of Magaville” YouTube channel on Friday, it has amassed nearly 250,000 views.
The video has more than 4.4 million on Blow’s Twitter account, where he’s been tracking the song’s climb up iTunes’ ranks and shares other videos bashing Target’s “PRIDE” collection.
The track has hit No. 1 on iTunes’ most popular chart across all genres, and sits above songs by Taylor Swift and Luke Combs that are in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively.
Blow, however, told Fox he’s still facing censorship.
“It’s shadow-banned all over the world right now,” Blow said.
Target has lost $10 billion in market valuation over the last 10 days as the popular retailer continues to face backlash over its Pride-themed clothing line for children.
Target loses $10B in 10 days as stocks fall following boycott over LGBTQ-friendly kids clothing
Shadow-banning is when a user’s content is blocked from part or all of a social media site.
It’s known to be a stealthy way platforms limit posts’ visibility.
“You can’t even search the song on iTunes without going to the music video and clicking the external link. So they’re trying their hardest to keep it off the radar,” Blow added.
The rapper filmed the music video in a Target store, drawing attention to Target’s LGBTQ-friendly merchandise, including children’s’ books titled “The Official Rainbow Yearbook.”
“We’re living in a culture right now where people need to speak out. We need to stand up for the children,” Blow said of the song during a Monday interview on “Fox & Friends First.”
“There’s no place for LGBTQ for fourth- and fifth-graders,” he added.
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