BLM has entered the chat following rapper Lil Yachty’s feedback concerning the group throughout a current episode of Quentin Blackwell’s Feeding Ravenous Celebrities podcast.
Black Lives Matter clapped again at Yachty, calling his feedback concerning the group “misinformed” and “unoriginal.”
The “One Night time” crafter accused Black Lives Matter of being “actually a rip-off,” and BLM rapidly responded in a prolonged assertion accusing him of “ingesting the white supremacist ideology Kool-Help.”
Per Rap-Up:
“His feedback are incorrect,” BLM advised FOX Information in a comparatively prolonged assertion earlier within the week. “They’re misinformed, unoriginal, and crafted to please the identical individuals who revenue from Black struggling.
“The true rip-off isn’t Black Lives Matter. It’s watching Black artists with large platforms recycle the identical drained assaults on Black actions whereas ignoring the precise techniques killing us,” they continued. “Black Lives Matter has supported Black households who’ve misplaced family members to police violence. We’ve got constructed packages, funded mutual assist, and fought in courtrooms and on the streets to guard our individuals.”
BLM’s scathing response got here after Yachty mentioned on Feeding Ravenous Celebrities, “They’d purchased mansions, and also you in all probability wouldn’t know something about it since you don’t care about Black individuals and don’t observe Black information.”
Lil Yachty Wants To Do His Due Diligence When Talking On These Issues
Black Lives Matter got here beneath hearth after buying a 6,500-square-foot California property for $6 million in 2020. In response to the AP Information, the mansion was purchased as a “refuge for these grieving family members killed in incidents of police violence.”
Like most rappers who touch upon social and political points, Yachty might have executed his due diligence and gathered all the knowledge earlier than making such a blanket assertion.
He additionally isn’t the primary artist to say one thing wild about BLM; Lil Wayne and the Black Nazi sympathizer Kanye West additionally criticized the motion.
Then once more, we’re now not shocked when rappers say dumb issues anymore.