"Vanilla Ice last had a brand-new hit single in 1991 with his track "Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)", which peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. His last major, career-defining hit was "I Love You", which reached No. 52 in March 1991."
The same thing that happened at the Kennedy Center is happening here. "Artists" like Kid Rock, Nugent, Vanilla Ice...these people only exist in the MAGAt "bio-zone."
Nugent's last "hit" was "High Enough" in 1990, with Damn Yankees. His last "hit" as a SOLO ARTIST was "Cat Scratch Fever" in 1977.
And in my experience, non-MAGAts tend to respect and follow artists who are still part of the creative process, who may not be "multi-platinum" artists, but who also have had even "modest hits" in the last three decades.
But this is part of Trump's grifter pimp persona, what led him to tell the insurrectionists to go home on January 6 after three and a half hours of carnage, saying "You're very special, and we love you." He says the same things to Kid Rock, Nugent, etc, and they believe him. They ARE a part of the "MAGAt movement." They just aren't considering how that will affect them when Grampy finally croaks.