President Donald Trump praised hip hop stars Kanye West and Chance the Rapper for speaking out in favor of him in recent tweets.

Kanye West has performed a great service to the Black Community – Big things are happening and eyes are being opened for the first time in Decades – Legacy Stuff! Thank you also to Chance and Dr. Darrell Scott, they really get it (lowest Black & Hispanic unemployment in history). — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018

West and Chance the Rapper have set off a media sensation with recent praise of Trump drawing significant ire from their colleagues in the entertainment industry. West also tweeted an image of himself wearing POTUS’ signature “Make America Great Again” hat.

we got love pic.twitter.com/Edk0WGscp6 — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

Chance the Rapper came to defense of West noting that:

Black people don’t have to be democrats. — Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 25, 2018

The president addressed West’s support in a Thursday Fox & Friends interview saying: “I get along with Kanye. I get along with a lot of people frankly, but Kanye looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country, okay?”

“He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees by the way female unemployment, women unemployment, the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years. He sees that stuff and he’s smart.”