Rapper Ice Cube slams Trump for fake endorsement: ‘Leave my name out ya mouth’

But for those who know the rapper personally, it’s an insult of the highest order.

The picture of Cube, whose real name is O’Shea Jackson, began circulating on social media last week. It prompted the following, very public reaction.

“I will never endorse a mothaf**** like Trump! EVER!!!” Cube wrote on Twitter.

The doctored image seems harmless enough, but it’s not the only one. Other celebrities appear in pictures endorsing the Republican candidate without their knowledge.

They’re part of a wider campaign by Trump supporters to gather ‘faux endorsements’. It appears nobody is safe.

Stealing endorsement is not how you become the president of the United States, homie. Leave my name out ya mouth... pic.twitter.com/Mo18hYcW8h

— Ice Cube (@icecube) August 28, 2016

Trump’s director of social media, Dan Scavino, shared it on Twitter. Trump himself shared it on his official Facebook page with the words “Just received from Pete Rose. Thank you Pete!”.

His 10 million followers thought it was an endorsement, liking the post more than 281,000 times.

Rose, 71, asked his lawyers to settle the matter. According to NBC News, Rose never sent Trump any memorabilia.

Ice Cube made a point of calling out the presidential nominee on Sunday. Hopefully the message hits home with his supporters.

“Stealing endorsements is not how you become the president of the United States, homie,” he wrote.

“Leave my name out ya mouth.”