G Herbo Supports Donald Trump Potentially Sending National Guard To Chicago

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 30: G Herbo attends the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of deploying the National Guard to Chicago, but has not fully committed to it yet. He's already done so in Washington, D.C., taking credit for a decrease in crime that started in 2023. Additionally, he has presented the idea of bringing the National Guard to New York City and Los Angeles, as well as Baltimore. Of course, the potential move has left a lot of civilians unhappy, but one person who's welcomed the idea is G Herbo.

Herbo was caught by TMZ at LAX on Wednesday. The outlet asked him about the potential moves that could go down in his home city. "Whatever you need to do to keep the kids safe, and the women," he said. "Whatever's gonna keep us safe and clean the streets, I'm all for it."

"I'm a tax-paying citizen, I just want everyone to get home safe," he continued.

Since his debut nearly 15 years ago, G Herbo has gone through some considerable personal growth. He left the streets behind some years ago. As he gets ready to celebrate his 30th birthday in October, he clearly has no interest in going back.

G Herbo "Went Legit"

Illinois governor JB Pritzker has routinely spoken out against federal government intervention in Chicago, but that has not stopped Trump. Like several major cities around the United States, ICE raids have been regular occurrences, with the agency indiscriminately targeting both undocumented and documented immigrants.

Still, as someone who was once in the streets and has not made it much of a secret in his music, G Herbo not being against anything that may make where he came from a bit safer should not come as a surprise. Herbo recently started to tease even more new music on Instagram, so we'll see what comes of that.

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Devin Morton is a News and Evergreen Content Writer at HotNewHipHop from Queens, New York. He started with HNHH in July 2024 as an intern while entering his last year of college, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication from Stony Brook University's School of Communication and Journalism. He has previously written album reviews covering some of the most popular artists in the game, including Childish Gambino and Ice Spice, as well as conversation starting pieces about the Grammy and BET Hip-Hop Awards. Some of his favorite rappers include Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, and Nas, though he also has a soft spot for the Blog Era guys from when he used to read HNHH as a kid. Besides hip-hop, he's a huge fan of sports (primarily basketball, #HeatCulture) and wrestling. His work for HNHH has reflected his outside interests, also covering sports, politics, and the greater pop culture world, which he has extensive knowledge of in addition to his hip-hop expertise.

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