ScHoolboyQ is as passionate about golf as anybody in hip-hop can be. For his love of golf, Nike invited Q to appear in an advertisement highlighting Tiger Woods’ journey to the mountaintop.
Moreover, the commercial aired during round one of the Masters on Thursday (Apr 7).
“What would you be willing to do to chase your dream,” the Los Angeles-born rapper asks as he plays his first shot. “Would you be willing to follow it to a place you’re not welcome?”
Similarly, afterward, the ad displays Tiger successfully overcoming injuries to win five Masters Tournaments.
“Would you open doors for people like me? For people like us,” Q says directly to Tiger. “It isn’t just about golf; it’s about succeeding against all odds.”
Schoolboy Q Draws Inspiration From Tiger Woods’s Talent
In addition, thanks to Tiger Woods, ScHoolboy Q represents a generation of Black golfers who are inspired to play the sport.
“Coming from where I come from, the life that I had, I never thought about playing golf,” the Top Dawg Entertainment artist has said during the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. “I got into it, and it changed my mental; it let me learn myself as a person.”
“Like, this is why certain things in my life are going bad, or certain things are going good, because of the attitude thing,” the artist added. “It fixed my attitude in life. It fixed a whole lot of things about me in life.”
Since he’s now a master golfer, ScHoolboy Q will be thinking about the Masters throughout the weekend. As Tiger Woods returns from a severe leg injury, he sustained in a car accident in 2021.
Music-wise, Q has also dropped his “Soccer Dad” single on April 6, which could launch his next album.
Overall, we at FMHipHop would like to extend our congratulations to Schoolboy Q for his appearance in the Nike Golf commercial. Also, as you go after your dreams, we wish you nothing but the best.
INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 21: Kanye West performs Sunday Service during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella)
Ye united with Gap to praise God while promoting the clothing company’s new collection. The commercial aired on ESPN during the NCAA championship game.
Jesus Is Back On The Market?
Back to 2022 years ago, Jesus suggested to “not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” Ye seems to constantly break this simple rule. The newfound televangelist keeps bulging out his Christianity. At the same time, he successfully commercialized religion.
In 2016, the artist’s earnings estimated in $18,000,000. Next year also summed up in almost the same amount of $22 million. However, things changed in 2018.
Ye’s Rendezvous With Far-Right
In 2018 Ye completely turned his life into the new Jersey Shore season. Things and possibly West’s political attitude started going South on Twitter. Scandalous statements and reality-breaking thoughts then fulfilled the artist’s social media.
One might remember Ye claimed that both he and Donald Trump have “dragon energy” while also calling Melania’s husband his “brother.” However, the artist also backed up his controversial feelings by reassuring that he “love[s] everyone.” Trump retweeted Ye’s statement and commented, “Thank you Kanye, very cool!”
Image source: Twitter.
Ye then took things even further. In the TMZ Live interview, the artist went on a rant about slavery.
“When you hear about slavery for 400 years,” Ye said. “For 400 years? That sounds like a choice. You was there for 400 years, and it’s all of y’all. It’s like we’re mentally in prison. I like the word prison because slavery goes too direct to the idea of blacks. Slavery is to blacks as the Holocaust is to Jews. Prison is something that unites as one race, blacks, and whites, that we’re the human race.”
In the same interview, Ye also talked about wearing the controversial MAGA hat. “I felt a freedom,” he explained. “I just love Trump; that’s my boy.”
Ye And Kim Meet Donald
In October, the notorious New York landlord and the newfound conservative Hip-Hop voice finally met in the White House. Ye’s now ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, also visited Donald’s office.
Ye visits Trump in the White House. Image source: CNN.
“Meet Judith Negron, Crystal Munoz and Tynice Nichole Hall,” Ivanka Trump tweeted. “At the recommendation of…[Kim Kardashian]…these 3 mothers were granted clemency by [Donald Trump] last month and are already using their second chance to pay it forward!”
Meet Judith Negron, Crystal Munoz and Tynice Nichole Hall.
Do you still remember Kanye’s 2016-17 yearly earnings? After a year and a couple of alt-rightish statements, they estimated $90 million. That’s $68,000,000 growth from the last year.
If you tell me you’d refuse to quadruple your net worth by saying controversial things, I probably won’t believe you. Unless you’re some kind of an ascetic monk who sees nothing but his faith. See where I’m going?
Ye Makes A $100,000,000 Deal With Jesus
Here is the problem: you gained a large crowd of new fans whose political views don’t necessarily align with the music style you perform. On the other hand, a handful of your older fans now also think you’re a crook whose alleged “genius” is nothing but a money-making machine.
What do you do then? Pretend to be a prophet!
In 2019, a year after his most enormous financial success, Ye drops “Jesus Is King.” The plan worked out perfectly. Eleven songs with deep Christian context and not a single curse word made the conservatives worldwide praise Ye.
Fox now sponsors Ye’s concerts and provides free tickets. The CEO of Chick-fil-A, famous for its Christian homophobic views, has lunches with Ye. Estimated Ye’s earnings in 2019? $100,000,000.
Christianity sells. In 2020, Ye earned $200,000,000. It also helps to make friends. Main America’s televangelist may meet the main for-profit prophet, Vladimir Putin, later this year.
Seeing Ye’s estimated yearly earnings, his extravagant faithfulness makes more sense. “Donda” engineers, who didn’t act Christian enough, violated the whole financial operation. And also, wouldn’t you agree to not use certain words on their album, in case of hundreds of millions in reward?
Ye’s commercial faith is finally appearing in all its glory in the new Gap ad.
Aired at a specific time to reach a particular target group, Ye is standing on a cloud in front of the Sun. Behind him are human souls, possibly searching for Ye’s new collection items. Before that, faceless people in masks walk around the city and just exist, probably representing some deep meaning. Or just showing off the new hoodies.
Ye’s pompous god-related lines play in the background, following up the nonetheless pretentious image. Calls to “burn false idols, Jesus’ disciples” follow up with promises of “no more promos, no more photos/no more logos, no more chokeholds.”
And in the end, the biblical revelation on the screen will tell you to go and buy a hoodie from your favorite artist.
