2024 DNC Roll Call & Their Hot 100 Anthems | Billboard News
The 2024 DNC roll call in Chicago was full of Hot 100 hits, and Donald Trump’s campaign spokesperson uses Kamala Harris’ campaign song, “Freedom” by Beyoncé. Keep watching to see the hits and Trump’s use of “Freedom.”
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00:00The roll call for the DNC Day 2 in Chicago was a party.
00:12And this year each state got their own track while certifying their votes.
00:16Here are some of the Hot 100 No. 1's used.
00:24Kamala Harris' home state used California Love for obvious reasons and also come to
00:29native Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, sorry Drake.
00:37While Tim Walz's Minnesota used a medley of Prince songs including Kiss.
00:49Many anthems were from artists that called their state home.
00:52Michigan used Eminem, Indiana used MJ, Kentucky used Jack Harlow, and of course New York had
00:59to use Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.
01:06Other hometown heroes included Puerto Rico's Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, Tennessee's
01:10Dolly Parton, Washington's Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and PA's Wiz Khalifa.
01:19Some went with classics unrelated to their state like Iowa using Kool and the Gang, Maryland's
01:24Aretha Franklin, and Democrats Abroad's Love Train.
01:35While some appeared to be completely unrelated like Wyoming using Black Eyed Peas and Nebraska
01:40using Katy Perry.
01:46And the talk of the evening was definitely Beyonce's home state of Texas.
01:55Not just because of their song choice or hopes that she might make an appearance at the DNC,
01:59but because Trump's campaign's spokesperson posted this on X.
02:09Using Beyonce's Freedom, which VP Kamala has been using as her walkout song and for
02:13her political ads.
02:19At press times, spokespeople for the Trump campaign and Beyonce had not returned Billboard's
02:24request for comment.