{"id":67291,"date":"2026-06-24T17:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/alexis-wilkins-kash-patels-girlfriend-to-sing-at-freedom-250\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:07:31","slug":"alexis-wilkins-kash-patels-girlfriend-to-sing-at-freedom-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/alexis-wilkins-kash-patels-girlfriend-to-sing-at-freedom-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis Wilkins, Kash Patel’s Girlfriend, to Sing at Freedom 250"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tCountry artist Martina McBride drops out<\/a> of your supposedly apolitical \u201cGreat American State Fair\u201d? No problem: The FBI Director has one on speed dial. Kash Patel<\/a>\u2019s girlfriend Alexis Wilkins<\/a> has signed on to be a \u201cfeatured performer\u201d at Trump\u2019s Freedom 250 celebration<\/a>, which is slated to begin June 25, after McBride, Morris Day and the Time, Young MG, Bret Michaels, and more all bailed when they reportedly discovered the event wasn\u2019t the nonpartisan celebration they were promised.\u00a0Wilkins will join the remaining lineup of Lee Greenwood, tenor Christopher Macchio and \u2026 Trump himself? It\u2019s somewhat unclear exactly what\u2019s in store, though there will be lots of trucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilkins announced her performance Tuesday on X, writing that it was a \u201cgreat honor\u201d for her to appear, and was quickly criticized for potential ethical violations. She responded by claiming that <\/a>she has \u201cbeen a country music<\/a> artist for years now. I have had a successful career in both music and commentary\/strategy,\u201d and that she is not accepting a payment \u201cfor this great honor.\u201d Wilkins, who also has a career as a conservative commentator, added, \u201cI\u2019m no longer accepting false narratives and total sham accusations that diminish my hard work and earned accomplishments, so please expect this kind of response to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSo, in the spirit of Wilkins\u2019 clear desire for accurate storytelling, how true is any of that? Yes, Wilkins has been a country music artist for some years now, with releases dating back to 2015 on her Instagram<\/a> that featured, spoiler alert, American flag cover art. What constitutes a \u201csuccessful career\u201d is debatable. Raised in Arkansas, she graduated from Belmont University in Nashville in 2020 and was signed to WME as well as management company the AMG, according to American Songwriter<\/em><\/a>. A video<\/a> from around that time on local news show Today in Nashville<\/em> features her and two band members (one playing a caj\u00f3n) performing at Plaza Mariachi, a beloved gathering space for the local immigrant community that went on to suffer a financial hit<\/a> during Trump\u2019s 2025 ICE Raids.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHer official debut single, \u201cStand,\u201d was released in 2022, but there are other songs available that don\u2019t quite possess the same \u201cpatriotic<\/a>\u201d bent she underwent when she met her biggest champion: Patel.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI recently met Alexis at an event in Nashville and immediately gravitated to her articulate patriotism and talent,\u201d Patel said in a press release serviced to music media in 2022.\u00a0\u201cIt is voices like hers that resonate beyond the airwaves. A voice with a heart and soul, with a message for all Americans.\u00a0 Please join us in welcoming\u00a0Alexis Wilkins\u00a0into our family and download \u2018Stand.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe song was debuted on Truth Social and Rumble, and billed as the \u201cfirst single from her 2023 release\u201d (her EP, Grit<\/em>, did indeed come out that year, however it did not actually include \u201cStand\u201d). Wilkins and Kash began to date around the same time \u2014 was her song \u201cHeaven in a Stetson\u201d about her new amour? Who\u2019s to say, but despite a sizable streaming bump<\/a> that came with her boyfriend\u2019s new position, none of her songs have yet to even approach a million streams. For context, McBride\u2019s \u201cIndependence Day\u201d has about 94 million and growing. More recently, Wilkins been focused on political commentary and is active on social media. Sample post<\/a>: \u201cJuneteenth is great because it\u2019s a day we can all take a moment and remember that republicans marched in and forced democrats to stop enslaving people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWilkins has not released a new song since 2023\u2019s \u201cQuite Like Whiskey,\u201d around the time a press release boasted that \u201cwhile she lives in the world of classic country with a modern twist, she has been getting demand to put out songs she\u2019s put up online, planning to soon release a batch of music that feels most true to her.\u201d Said \u201cbatch\u201d is nowhere to be seen, but those who may get a real itch for more of Wilkins after her America 250 appearance, you can catch her at the first-of-the-day slot<\/a> at the upcoming Windy City Smokeout in Chicago, kicking off a lineup of entirely white men.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n