Lil Yachty dropped a tone-deaf bar throughout a livestream and now he’s catching critical flak after name-dropping George Floyd in a line that p##### off Floyd’s household and pals.
He rapped: “Put my knee up on her neck, I went George Floyd” throughout a reside session with rapper Plaqueboymax on August 14. As soon as it hit the web, individuals weren’t feeling it.
Social media lit up with of us calling the road flat-out foul and tasteless, particularly contemplating Floyd’s dying is likely one of the most painful and public tragedies in current reminiscence.
Terrence Floyd, George’s brother, didn’t maintain again when requested how he felt.
I spoke to Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, in regards to the Lil yachty line..
“Put my knee up on her neck I went George Floyd”
.. that yachty previewed on stream with Plaqueboy Max
George Floyd’s brother Terrence tells me completely — the point out of George Floyd by Yachty… pic.twitter.com/q2eTEANl1r
— BROWN GIRL GRINDING⭐️ (@LorenLorosa) August 15, 2025
He advised journalist Loren LoRosa from The Breakfast Membership, “I imagine it’s thoughtless. Generally this era doesn’t take note of what they are saying they simply need to make a tune and simply get on the charts and actually really feel just like the individuals listening will settle for it due to who he’s. It’s actually thoughtless it’s best to take into consideration what you’re writing.. it could make sense to you, however take into consideration the influence to others.”
He continued, “Individuals are sending the clip to me. I need the road modified. Let my brother relaxation in peace. It disturbs the household’s peace. There must be a greater message behind any point out of George Floyd’s identify. So his legacy can reside on past what chauvin did to him.”
Stephen Jackson, a former NBA participant and longtime buddy of George Floyd, additionally went in on Yachty. In a video publish, Jackson stated, “Lil Yachty, bro. You been wack, my n####. However you suppose you saying George Floyd identify and attempting to make use of his identify in a bar, that’s gonna make individuals like your wack-ass music, my n####? That’s weak.”
“Y’all the one period that really feel like demeaning the lifeless and saying that s### is cool. It ain’t,” he stated. “Y’all wanna say his identify for clout. That’s some weak-ass s###, Yachty. Let any individual die in your loved ones, we gonna do an entire skit about it. And see how humorous it’s. Lower that s### out.”
George Floyd was killed in 2020 by former police officer Derek Chauvin, whose knee pressed into Floyd’s neck for over 9 minutes throughout an arrest in Minneapolis. Floyd repeatedly advised officers he couldn’t breathe.
His homicide sparked international protests and Chauvin was later convicted and sentenced to over 22 years in jail.
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