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The co-founder of Death Row Records, one of the music industry’s most recognizable and influential labels, spoke to Fox News Digital about why he recently decided to endorse former President Trump against Vice President Kamala Harris.

“It’s about his record,” Michael “Harry-O” Harris told Fox News Digital about his decision to support Trump, who pardoned Harris from a 33-year prison sentence he remained for seven years as one of his last actions. as president.

“The former president, when he was president, passed some initiatives that specifically addressed my community and other people as well.”

Harris cited several examples of policies from the first Trump administration that he said are consistent with the goals of his organization, Community First Action, including permanent funding for HBCUs, opportunity zones promoting investment in low-income neighborhoods income, the First Step Act and bipartisanship. legislation against sickle cell anemia.

Polls increasingly show that Trump has made significant inroads with the black community and that many expect him to win a historically strong share of those votes in November. Harris told Fox News Digital that he believes this is due in part to voters’ confidence that Trump will keep his word and a lack of movement from the Biden-Harris administration.

“People have more confidence that he will keep his word and I think that’s sort of based on the same research that we’ve done, which is that when someone doesn’t campaign on something but promulgates laws…he wants to double down on what he did under the first administration,” Harris said.

“I haven’t heard that as much from the other side. I mean, what I heard, I think, frankly, came a little too late, too little, too late. And so, when it comes to a balance act, and you have to make a decision, the crucial decision that could affect your life and that of your family, you have to base it on facts, and the facts are that for three and a half years , the previous, the current administration has not really focused on our community.

This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller.