{"id":2168608,"date":"2024-02-05T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-makes-huge-announcement-about-rap-future-after-dominating-the-charts\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T19:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T00:11:51","slug":"ben-shapiro-makes-huge-announcement-about-rap-future-after-dominating-the-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-makes-huge-announcement-about-rap-future-after-dominating-the-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shapiro&#8217;s Rap Future Soars After Chart Domination"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-shapiro-makes-huge-announcement-about-rap-future-after-dominating-the-charts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2168608&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Daily\u200b Wire Editor Emeritus \u200cBen Shapiro Retires from Rap Game\u2062 After Dominating the Charts<\/h2>\n<p>Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiro-rap-facts-competing-for-top-spot-on-billboard-charts-tom-macdonald-suggests-music-industry-shenanigans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> definitely got \u2062everyone\u2019s \u200cattention on Monday when he \u2062announced\u200b his retirement from the rap game after dominating the charts for \u200dmore \u200bthan a week.<\/p>\n<p>The host of \u201cThe \u200cBen Shapiro Show\u201d\u200d collaborated\u200d on the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buzzfeed-employee-and-trump-hater-baked-alaska-who-endorsed-a-democrat-for-president-gets-arrested-after-storming-us-capitol\/\" title=\"Former Buzzfeed Employee And Trump-Hater \u2018Baked Alaska\u2019 \u2013 Who Endorsed A Democrat For President \u2013 Gets Arrested After Storming US Capitol\">music video<\/a> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/they-dont-want-this-song-at-no-1-tom-macdonald-ben-shapiro-discuss-suppression-of-rap-song-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facts<\/a>\u201d with\u2064 Canadian wrestler-turned-rapper Tom MacDonald in a song that takes a\u2064 swipe at\u2062 the insanity of things in our culture like gender identity and defunding the police.<\/p>\n<p>It ended up\u200b rocketing up the \u2064charts,\u2063 quickly becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country\"><strong>number one \u2064song<\/strong><\/a>  in the country \u2062and topping the hip-hop\/rap category on the iTunes\u2063 charts. As\u2062 of Sunday, \u201cFacts\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1754116551580467270?s=20\"><strong>remained<\/strong><\/a>  the top song in the \u200cU.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFACTS\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAMTOMMACDONALD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IAMTOMMACDONALD<\/a> (ft. me) has\u2064 now\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-school-district-finally-drops-mask-mandate-after-8-year-old-gets-suspended-38-times-for-refusing-to-comply\/\" title=\"Florida School District Finally Drops Mask Mandate After 8-Year-Old Gets Suspended 38 Times For Refusing To Comply\">finally dropped<\/a> from the top slot on iTunes, after 10\u200b days of pure magic.<\/p>\n<p>Rap Hannukah is over.<\/p>\n<p>And so, with tears in my eyes, I have another announcement\u2062 to make.<\/p>\n<p>To all the little homies, who\u200d have\u2062 been lifting me \u200dup\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7TpPLwtDo5\">pic.twitter.com\/7TpPLwtDo5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro\u2063 (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1754596765431468278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRap Hannukah is over,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd \u200bso, \u2063with tears in my eyes, I have another announcement to make.\u200d To all the little\u2064 homies, who have been lifting me up since I began\u200c this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an\u200c inspiring \u200bmoment,\u201d Shapiro continued. \u2064\u201cA musical supernova. But now the time has come for me to walk away from my art.\u2062 And so today, I announce that I am retiring from rap to spend more time with my family. It\u2019s been real, dawgs. And never forget: the music\u2064 never \u200bdies so long as the beat is in your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro and MacDonald blew up the music\u200d industry\u2064 after\u2063 topping the charts with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiro-debuts-rap-video-with-tom-macdonald\"><strong>rap collaboration<\/strong><\/a>. The\u2064 music video dropped on the morning of Jan. 26 and \u2062by\u200c mid-day, \u201cFacts\u201d was\u200c generating headlines, not only \u200dfor topping the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro and Tom MacDonald's rap collaboration, 'Facts,' tops the charts\">hip-hop\/rap chart<\/a>, \u2062beating out \u2062the likes of Nicki Minaj and Megan\u200d Thee Stallion, but because it soon became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiros-rap-debut-facts-with-tom-macdonald-becomes-1-song-in-the-country\"><strong>number one song<\/strong><\/a>  in the country on the iTunes\u200d chart.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this piece, the music video has been viewed more than\u2064 13 million times on YouTube and is still \u2062#3 top trending song on the site.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 1, Shapiro shared a\u200c screenshot that showed his rap collab was in \u2064the top spot on\u200c iTunes music and wrote, \u201cDay 7 of \u200dRap Hannukah. The flame is \u2063still lit. Buy now <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/facts-feat-ben-shapiro-single\/1727146399\"><strong>at<\/strong><\/a>  \u2062 \u2026Billboard #1, we are coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c a press \u2062release from MacDonald after their rap dropped Shapiro\u2063 said, \u201cAs a longtime devotee of rap, \u2064becoming a rapper was the\u200d natural next step in my career trajectory. So, when\u200c Tom asked\u2064 if\u2064 I\u200b wanted to collaborate on a song, I\u2063 leapt at \u200cthe chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis\u2064 was the moment I spent 20 years of \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-debuts-rap-video-with-tom-macdonald\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro and Tom MacDonald drop rap collab\">classical violin training preparing<\/a> for,\u201d he added. \u201cFor those who don\u2019t appreciate my \u200bartistic stylings, all I \u2062can \u2063say is that they \u200cdidn\u2019t appreciate Bach properly in his own time, either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200d Do you believe Ben Shapiro will be successful in his future endeavors, or do you think he will eventually return to the rap \u2062industry<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In\u200c a\u2064 surprising turn of\u2063 events, Ben Shapiro, the Daily \u2062Wire Editor Emeritus, has announced\u200c his retirement from the rap game after an impressive stint\u200d atop the charts. The\u200b announcement came on Monday, leaving everyone astonished by\u200b his decision.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, known for\u200d his\u2064 conservative views and \u2064his popular podcast &#8220;The Ben Shapiro Show,&#8221; collaborated with Canadian wrestler-turned-rapper Tom MacDonald on\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mms-brand-promises-acceptance-and-inclusivity-with-debut-of-new-purple-spokescandy\/\" title=\"M&#038;M\u2019s Brand Promises \u2018Acceptance And Inclusivity\u2019 With Debut Of New Purple \u2018Spokescandy\u2019\">music video titled<\/a>\u200c &#8220;Facts.&#8221; The song tackles controversial issues in our \u2064culture such as gender identity and the\u2064 movement \u200bto \u2062defund the\u200c police.<\/p>\n<p>To everyone&#8217;s surprise, &#8220;Facts&#8221;\u2063 quickly soared up the charts and claimed the number one spot in the\u2063 country. It also\u2062 topped the hip-hop\/rap category on iTunes, solidifying\u2063 its popularity among listeners. As of Sunday, the\u200b song still\u200c retained its position as\u2064 the top \u2063song in the United\u200c States.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro \u200ctook to Twitter to share the news\u200b of his\u2064 retirement with his\u200b followers. In a tweet, he mentioned the end of &#8220;Rap Hannukah,&#8221; referring to his successful run as a rapper.\u2062 He expressed his gratitude to his supporters who have been there\u200c for him throughout this journey.<\/p>\n<p>Retiring from \u200dthe\u2064 rap game seems unexpected for someone \u200bwho achieved such remarkable success in the industry. However, for\u2062 Shapiro, this move may be a strategic decision as he\u200b focuses his efforts \u200bon other endeavors. His talent and \u200bpassion will undoubtedly continue to \u200dshine through in different areas, capturing the attention of his \u2062loyal fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>As the news of Shapiro&#8217;s retirement spreads, the music industry and fans alike are left pondering what the future\u2062 holds for this multi-talented figure. Will he embark on new ventures or return to his roots as a commentator and podcaster? Only time\u2064 will tell.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Ben \u200dShapiro&#8217;s retirement from the rap game \u2064comes as a surprise after \u2064his incredible \u200bdomination of \u200bthe charts. His \u2062collaboration with Tom\u200d MacDonald on the song &#8220;Facts&#8221; propelled him to the number one \u2064spot, illustrating \u200bhis versatility and\u200b talent. While his decision may \u2063leave fans\u2063 curious about his next move, there is no doubt that Shapiro&#8217;s impact will\u200c continue to be \u2063felt in \u200bvarious aspects of his\u2062 career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At cancel culture and political correctness. 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