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White House Posts MAGA Edit of Drake’s ‘Iceman’ Cover, Captioned ‘ICED OUT’

The post underscores the administration’s use of pop culture as partisan branding.

Overview

  • The White House’s official account shared an edited version of Drake’s Iceman cover that swapped in a diamond MAGA pendant and captioned it “ICED OUT.”
  • The post landed the same day Drake surprise-released three projects and drew heavy criticism on X from users who questioned the move.
  • The image quickly spawned counter-memes, including a widely shared edit that replaced the pendant text with “Epstein.”
  • Drake had not commented on the White House post at the time of publication.
  • The move continues a pattern of the Trump administration using popular music in messaging, which drew rebukes last year from Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo over DHS and ICE videos.