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Comedian Alex Stein Performed A Pro-Ukraine Rap Song In Front Of Plano, Texas City Council And It's Just As Unhinged As You'd Expect

March 17th, 2022 - 9:44 AM EDT by Owen Carry

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(Alex Stein "Prayers for Ukraine" / YouTube)

Internet comedian and YouTuber Alex Stein received attention on Twitter yesterday after his pro-Ukrainian rap song went viral, performing it in front of the Plano, Texas city council.

Appropriately titled, "Prayers for Ukraine," Stein gave an animated performance, namedropping Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the COVID-19 vaccine, among other recent political references. He screamed his lyrics and shocked the council members, attempting to persuade them to his side regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict ironically.

After being uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, the video trended upwards, gaining around 55,000 views in two days. However, on Twitter it trended much heavier, racking up over 5.1 million views in the same amount of time. In turn, he garnered multiple reactions from users worldwide, some thinking he was serious while others dug deeper, peering into his satirical history.

A lot of reactions revolved around the two people sitting behind Stein, both looking posh and centered during the performance. At some moments, they almost broke character, finding Stein's rap song hilarious in real-time. Of course, some also poked fun of the way they looked, especially the man who was sporting slicked-back hair and tiny glasses.

Multiple users also quote retweeted Stein's video or posted it themselves, re-captioning it in various ways. Many enjoyed his points on the recent gas price surge or just his overall, satirical defamation of conspiracy theorists, like those who believe in anti-vaccination and QAnon, among others. In essence, Stein was cosplaying as an alt-righter, parodying them in the most egregious way possible.

As a result of the virality, Alex Stein's Ukraine rap video was featured on Fox News, covered by Jesse Watters on Watters World. Out of this, it seemed his video had gone full circle, with even Watters seeing the satire at play. Stein posted tweets about the development relaying his shock, similar to the shock experienced by the Plano council.

Of course, this isn't the first time Stein has done a little trolling in the political sphere. He's also done similar performance acts at Beto O'Rourke rallies and in Zoom conferences for police departments, among other governmental operations. He's even done similar rap videos in Houston, Texas and Vancouver, Canada. If anything, Stein has gained more mainstream awareness for his videos, coming one step closer to being too recognizable to prank.

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mandrac

Mar 17, 2022 at 04:10PM EDT

Just reading the title i have second hand embarrassent.

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