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Title: Trump allies say A$AP Rocky was supposed to thank him but his team stopped 'returning our text messa
Post by: corbe on August 23, 2019, 05:52:13 pm

Trump allies say A$AP Rocky was supposed to thank him but his team stopped 'returning our text messages': report

By Aris Folley - 08/23/19 01:29 PM EDT

Some of President Trump’s allies who said they were involved in the White House’s recent push to secure A$AP Rocky’s release from detainment in Sweden earlier this month claimed that it was understood that the rapper was supposed to thank the president for his efforts after his release. But now they say his team is longer “returning our text messages.”

In an interview with Yahoo News released on Thursday, Darrell Scott and Kareem Lanier — a pastor and co-chair of the Urban Revitalization Coalition, respectively, who have made several appearances at White House events focused around black issues — said they were instrumental in kickstarting the Trump administration’s efforts to secure the release this month.

The two said they were first put in touch with Rocky’s team by self-described Hollywood “fixer” Hassan Muhammad. Muhammad, who reportedly has a reputation in the entertainment industry for handling problems, said he got in touch with Scott and Lanier for help getting Rocky out of Sweden after he was arrested for alleged assault in July.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/458566-trump-allies-say-aap-rocky-was-supposed-to-thank-him-after-his (https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/458566-trump-allies-say-aap-rocky-was-supposed-to-thank-him-after-his)