Tupac 'All eyes on me' was Tom's first hip hop album ever, and his first favorite rapper. He says - "I remember back when I was the only political rapper, what the hell happened" (he means alive right now) - There has been lots of political rap, that is the entire foundation of hip hop. However, political rap itself was never really a genre on its own... Tom really created the lane for what is now an entire subgenre of hip hop that goes beyond just conscious rap. Tom's level of "political" rap is vastly different that the conscious rap and stuff they were doing in the 80's and 90's when I was growing up. And please don't take offense, this is purely my opinion, on this particular bar. But trust me lol, you weren't the only ones questioning that line. Tom is actually a great dude, mad props to y'all for continuing the journey despite all of that.

Please don’t react anymore to Tom…not when you clearly don’t understand Tom and his music. you can certainly have your opinions but I am moving on to more positive feedback ❤ Thanks!

Just in case you get thrown off by that random 11 inches bar lol.... 11 inches is the length of standard notebook paper. lol There's some other doubles in here that most people miss because they aren't aware of the drama that was going on before this song came out.

I am 64 and I disagree with your political rapper stance. No one has presented it or went as deep as TM. Not even close imo. Lets appreciate he is 100% independent, comes up with the concepts writes the lyrics and makes his own beats and Nova video's all his songs and they market and distribute their music also. Now watch the catalogue and every song is well done. Think about the work that goes into this and still people love to criticize.

I was worried when I saw this one come up. I will agree that Tom did not create the political genre. At 65 I go back a few years and music has always been the voice of the people. I will say Tom has brought politics and social issues to the forefront of the music through KZfaq today. I suggested Castles earlier, but a more recent release on where Tom stands socially would be The Machine. The System is another good one. Thanks for giving Tom another chance. His fan base is loyal. Some can be too critical. Ignore them. From what I can see Tom knows where his success has come from. His fans. What songs made him get the label of being a racist, It started I believe with Whiteboy. The response to the hate he received from that song was titled This House. From that point forward he has had to climb an uphill battle to fight labels. He even wrote a song about that Names.

Tom made political go viral over and over again. Of course others talked about it. But not up to Tom’s level

Tom gave a rebutal here to the haters - Try ‘ Castles ‘ʻ The Systemʻ and ‘ Race Wars ‘ for diversity- Tom & Nova are real & raw 💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥

Watch the interview he did with the class before taping ‘White boy’ and you understand him more ‼️‼️‼️ H.O.G 😛❤️✌️

Hey ❤ Guess what I can't let you get away with claiming Tom said he was the first political rapper, he didn't 😂 When Tom started it was a quiet open lane for him to jump in. That was what he was expressing. He wasn't taking away from previous rappers one of his favorite rappers of all time is Tupac. And he did pretty much create a poltical rap genre out of it that's one of the many reasons he made this song "People complaining he's doing too many political tracks" 😂 Keep going down the rabbit hole I'm hanging in there as a subscriber through thick & thin even though you guys tick me off a little sometimes ❤

Toms not racist... You're exactly right, A lot of people DO NOT LISTEN!🙏🏼

Tom is the “political rapper”. Others dabble in politics, Tom made a career with it.

Yall took notice of the quality of the video. This is one of the things that shows how truly independent he is. Tom and his girl own all the cameras, and lights etc. Tom and his sister and her husband build all the sets and his girlfriend Nova Rockafeller records, directs and produces all his videos.

To me, as far as the first political rapper, he means the first INDEPENDENT political rapper and other independent rappers followed once they saw he was getting views for it. Tom's an amazing artist and he's pretty unifying and inspiring. If you react to WHITEBOY, please react to BEFORE THE SHOOT to understand the song and video better. ❤

Tom tries to inspire unity. He's very humble, he talks to his fans in his discord and thanks them all the time. there is multiple interviews with him that show his personality. He used to rap about money,drugs, drinking and girls and he had a mental breakdown and decided he wanted to change his music to wake people up and/or be uplifting.

I am a retired military veteran and for over a decade I gave up on rap music until you introduced me to Tom McDonald with “American Flag”. Tom’s latest video “God Mode” I found one of the most inspiring videos I’ve seen in memory. Another shout out to Tom and tell your viewers to check it out. Because Tom has got it together. No one is asking you to forget about Tupac. I hope you continue to watch Tom’s videos and see his journey and growing. I would also suggest, that when you rock a Tom McDonald video. Put on some headphones so that you can hear and hopefully feel the beat. Laptop speakers is a terrible injustice to Tom’s music. God Bless and hope you why he has such a big following in spite of the main stream industry trying to keep him down for rapping about things that most don’t want to say out loud and that is sparks conversation. Tom is the truth and I hope and pray that his message will reach our youth.

tom was talking about at the time he started rapping about politics there was anyone doing like he was. he wasnt saying he was the first person to do it

"Black and White" with Tom, Dax and Adam. And "Castles" 💚🤙🏼

God given talent cannot be explained or described. Tom is a soldier of God. Trust me, I have learned and experienced over 4 years of who he is. I’ve watched him pour his heart out, saw him angry, seen and heard countless accounts of him stopping people from committing suicide, (myself included) I’ve witnessed his work ethic, loyalty, dedication, courage, passion, selflessness, intelligence, as well as the biggest heart a person could imagine. He stands firm on respecting this country and that we are “one nation under God!” His creativity is like nothing I’ve ever seen! He’s unmatchable and untouchable by anyone, neither mainstream or independent! Tom’s influence is opening minds and hearts all over the world! It’s actually trickling into political offices! I love him like family, but to me he’s more than human!! I couldn’t be more proud, privileged, and thankful that Tom chose America as his home!

Lol it started with Dear Rappers - then you can see the aftermath in This House, and then White Boy which you already have done.

there is a behind the scenes video of the song Whiteboy where he has a bit of back and forth with the ppl in the music video.