(CNN) When 18-year-old rapper Lil Yachty sat down for his interview with CNN, his posse of mostly hometown friends almost immediately began teasing him. "F--k Donald Trump. Say f--k Donald Trump!" Another voice, an older member of his crew, disagreed.

Although Trump isn't popular with most hip-hop artists and rappers, Yachty, who also goes by Lil Boat, ignored his younger friends. "Boat for Sanders, okay? We're going to keep it positive. I'm not negative."

In 2016, the Atlanta-based rapper, real name Miles McCollum, dropped his first mixtape and modeled for Kanye West during his "Yeezy Season 3" event at Madison Square Garden. He also has a hit single, "1Night", which currently sits at over 21 million streams on Soundcloud.

During the sit down, Yachty cracked inside jokes with his crew and was constantly fidgeting with his jewelry and red-beaded hair. However, as soon as the conversation turned to politics, he got serious.

"A lot of people are just following the masses and ... I don't think they really know what each side holds," he told CNN.

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