It looks like Rick Ross’ Black Market has been blacklisted at Walmart.
The album has reportedly been pulled from the mammoth retailer’s website due to a lyric that literally takes aim at Donald Trump.
“Assassinate Trump like I’m Zimmerman/Now accept these words as they came from Eminem,” Rozay rhymes on “Free Enterprise.”
Writer Mark Dice is taking credit for prompting Walmart to remove the album from its inventory. He’s been using his Twitter account to campaign for iTunes to pull Black Market as well. As of the time of publication, Target, Amazon, Google Play and iTunes all still carry Ross’ eighth solo studio album while it’s absent on Walmart.com.
Ross addressed the ban with a laugh via Instagram.
“They say they banned us at Walmart, but they don’t know I live across the street from the nigga that owns Target,” Ross said.
Walmart has not responded to Genius’ request for comment.
Ross has a history of controversial lyrics. In 2013, he caused an uproar with a line on Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O.” (“Put molly all in her champagne/She ain’t even know it/I took her home and I enjoyed that/She ain’t even know it,” Ross rapped). Many believed he was condoning date rape—the Miami rapper subsequently lost a Reebok endorsement deal.
A year later, he dropped a questionable rhyme about slain teen Trayvon Martin (“Trayvon Martin, I’m never missing my target”).
