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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}}

| origin = [[South Florida]]

* [[Southern Hiphip Hophop]]

* [[Politicalpolitical Hiphip Hophop]]

* [[Trap music|Traptrap]]

'''Kurt Jantz''', professionally known as '''Forgiato Blow''', is an American rapper whose work supports former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] and [[Trumpism]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yes, MAGA Rap Is Real And Trump Supporters Love It |website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=[[Vice Media]] |date=April 23, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucgu-Ooxy9c |access-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref> Although no such genre exists in reality, Jantz is a self-proclaimed pioneer of the Trumpist [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] genre of [[Make America Great Again|MAGA]] rap.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Millard |first=Drew |title=The Baffling World of MAGA Rap |work=[[Gawker]] |date=August 31, 2022 |url=https://www.gawker.com/culture/the-baffling-world-of-maga-rap | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230607055733/https://gawker.com/culture/the-baffling-world-of-maga-rap |archive-date = June 7, 2023 |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>

Jantz was born and raised in [[South Florida]] and attended the very expensive [[Admiral Farragut Academy]].<ref name="Owen">{{Cite web|last=Owen |first=Tess |title=The 'Mayor of MAGAville' Is a White Rapper Named Forgiato Blow |website=[[Vice News]] |publisher=[[Vice Media]] |date=April 21, 2022 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gp4a/maga-rapper-forgiato-blow |access-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref>

He released his first album in 2013, with subsequent releases attracting little attention and mockery from the music community.<ref name="Owen"/>

In 2016, he released "Silver Spoon", his first pro-Trump song, and "was later able to carve out a niche for himself within the movement surrounding Donald Trump".<ref name="Owen"/> Since then, his music and videos have been supportive of conservative figures and groups, including [[Roger Stone]], [[Matt Gaetz]], [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], and the [[Proud Boys]].<ref name="Owen"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Spocchia |first=Gino |title=Matt Gaetz gets his own rap song from 'MAGA rapper' |date=April 15, 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/matt-gaetz-rap-song-video-b2058872.html |access-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-28 |title=Roger Stone dances to pro-Trump rap outside CPAC |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/roger-stone-trump-cpac-rap-video-b1808648.html |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> His music often concerns [[culture war]] topics, for instance, a song titled "Boycott Target", which accused [[Target Corporation|Target]] of [[2023 Target Pride Month merchandise backlash|grooming children with pride merchandise]] , although it has been noted that he purchased most of those iTunes streams to falsify is his ranking, reached #1 on iTunes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Nick |date=2023-06-02 |title=Boycott Target rap accusing store of pushing LGBT agenda on children at number one on the iTunes chart |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/02/boycott-target-rap-store-lgbt-agenda-children-one-itunes/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

Jantz paidwas to befeatured in a song with [[Vanilla Ice]] and [[Kodak Black]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Findlay |first=Mitch |date=2021-07-26 |title=Vanilla Ice Connects With Kodak Black & Forgiato Blow On "All The Way In" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/341839-vanilla-ice-connects-with-kodak-black-and-forgiato-blow-on-all-the-way-in-new-song |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}</ref>

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