Artists on the schedule for Monday night at the RNC

By Anastasia Tsioulcas

Published July 15, 2024 at 5:34 PM EDT

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 14: Rapper and influencer Amber Rose is seen onstage at the Fiserv Forum during preparations for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Ever since his 2016 campaign, former President Trump has to attract support from high-profile and entertainers 鈥� and the lineup for tonight鈥檚 convention opener indicates that the current political season hasn鈥檛 been any easier for him in that regard.

The featured musical guest for the RNC鈥檚 opening night is country singer Chris Janson, who also for the Republican gathering eight years ago.

Janson is not a particularly well-known artist among mainstream audiences: The highest position he has ever reached on the is No. 41, twice (in 2015 for his song 鈥淏uy Me a Boat鈥� and again in 2020 for the tune 鈥淒one鈥�), while Buy Me A Boat went to No. 18 on the Billboard 200 album chart nine years ago.

Also on tonight鈥檚 docket: Amber Rose, a model/reality TV star/influencer/erstwhile rapper and former romantic partner of one-time Trump ally . Back in 2016, she gave an interview to The Cut in which she called Trump an ,鈥� expressing a fervent desire that he not be elected.

Since then, however, she seems to have done an about-face, although she has not yet publicly articulated a reason for her switch. In May, she posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the former president and Melania Trump. In a video published on social media last month, she cooed, "" while showing off Trump-related swag.

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