{"id":5314126,"date":"2024-08-21T18:14:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5314126"},"modified":"2024-08-21T18:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:14:43","slug":"lil-jon-performs-at-2024-dnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/08\/21\/lil-jon-performs-at-2024-dnc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Jon Brings the House Down at the 2024 DNC With &#8216;Turn Down for What&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\">Lil Jon made a surprise performance at the Democratic National Convention to support the Harris-Walz campaign.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/lil-jon-pics-rapper-photos\/iheartradio-music-festival-las-vegas-america-20-sep-2014\/\"  >Lil Jon<\/a><\/strong> energized the Democratic National Convention with a performance that had the entire crowd on their feet. The 53-year-old brought his signature energy to support Democratic presidential candidate <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\"  >Kamala Harris<\/a><\/strong>, performing some of his biggest hits, including \u201cTurn Down For What\u201d and \u201cGet Low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">He kicked off his upbeat performance with his famous catchphrase, \u201cYeahhh!\u201d and amped up the crowd, saying, &#8220;Ladies and gentlemen, we are here tonight to officially nominate Kamala Harris for President.&#8221; The audience enthusiastically joined in on his chant, &#8220;We&#8217;re not going back &#8230; VP Harris!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B9MNFAidb_4?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Jonathan H. Smith, better known as Lil Jon, was previously a contestant on <em>Celebrity Apprentice<\/em>, hosted by former President <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/donald-trump\/\"  >Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong>. During his time on the show, Trump made a controversial remark, referring to Lil Jon as \u201cUncle Tom.\u201d In a tweet posted on X (formerly Twitter) in 2016, Lil Jon addressed the incident, stating, \u201cWhen this \u2018Uncle Tom\u2019 incident happened on *<em>Celebrity Apprentice<\/em>* in the boardroom, several of my castmates and I immediately confronted Mr. Trump about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">He added, \u201cI can\u2019t say if he fully understood the meaning of what he was saying, but he did stop using the term once we explained its offensiveness. I also want to be clear that I don\u2019t agree with many of the statements Mr. Trump has made during his current run for president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Despite this past experience, Lil Jon shared in a post-performance interview with <strong>Don Lemon<\/strong> at the DNC, &#8220;People are tired of bad energy, tired of negativity, tired of fighting. People want hope, positivity, and the ability to depend on their neighbors again. That\u2019s what Kamala is bringing \u2014 good energy \u2026 We need a little more hope and positivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">According to recent reports, \u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/john-legend\/\"  >John Legend <\/a><\/strong>will take the DNC stage on Wednesday, August 21, and <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/pink\/\"  >Pink<\/a><\/strong> will perform on the final day to support Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-tim-walz-5309266\/\"  > Tim Walz<\/a> <\/strong>as they face off against Republican candidates Donald and his campaign partner,\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/j-d-vance-what-to-know-about-his-memoir-hillbilly-elegy-a-memoir-of-a-family-and-culture-in-crisis-5297508\/\"  >J.D. Vance,<\/a> <\/strong>in the upcoming presidential election in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Jon made a surprise performance at the Democratic National Convention to support the Harris-Walz campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609922,"featured_media":5314134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Lil Jon Performs at the 2024 Democratic National Convention","mt_seo_description":"Lil Jon performed his hits 'Turn Down For What' and 'Get Low' at the Democratic National Convention.","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-08-21T22:14:51Z","apple_news_api_id":"64bf540f-4df4-4126-aff3-9afc1ead564e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-08-21T22:14:51Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AZL9UD030QSav85r8Hq1WTg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378005375,378005365],"tags":[378001994,378007143,156279],"_post-options":[378007567,378007568],"coauthors":[378008568],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167642096_34c4ff-e1724274738502.jpg?fit=3774%2C2132","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-mirI","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5314126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191609922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5314126"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5314126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5314147,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5314126\/revisions\/5314147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5314134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5314126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5314126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5314126"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=5314126"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5314126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}