Lil Yachty Slams Black Lives Matter Organization: ‘BLM Is a Scam'
Lil Yachty didn't hold back when asked about his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter organization. The Atlanta rapper slammed BLM during an appearance on Quenlin Blackwell's Feeding Starving Celebrities cooking series earlier this week.
'BLM is a scam,' Yachty replied when asked about his philanthropic endeavors in recent years. 'BLM was literally a scam.'
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Blackwell fired back: 'Clip that! Send it to the f—ing news!'
Lil Boat went on to reference reports of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors purchasing a $6 million mansion in Los Angeles with alleged funds supporting the organization in 2020. 'They had bought mansions,' he proclaimed.
Cullors explained the estate purchase to The Associated Press in 2023, saying at the time, 'We really wanted to make sure that the global network foundation had an asset that wasn't just financial resources. And we understood that not many Black-led organizations have property. They don't own their property.'
In 2022, the Black Lives Matter Global Network faced further scrutiny when the organization's leader Shalomyah Bower was accused of misusing funds and reportedly stealing $10 million in donations.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation responded to Yachty when reached for comment by Fox News. 'It's clear Lil Yachty has been drinking the white supremacist ideology Kool-Aid. His comments are wrong,' the organization said in a statement. 'They are misinformed, unoriginal, and crafted to please the same people who profit from Black suffering.'
The organization continued: 'The real scam isn't Black Lives Matter. It is watching Black artists with massive platforms recycle the same tired attacks on Black movements while ignoring the actual systems killing us. Black Lives Matter has supported Black families who have lost loved ones to police violence. We have built programs, funded mutual aid, and fought in courtrooms and on the streets to protect our people.'
Lil Yachty wasn't the first rapper to call Black Lives Matter a scam; Ye — formerly Kanye West — also referred to the organization as a scam in a post to his Instagram Story in 2022. 'EVERYONE KNOWS BLACK LIVES MATTER WAS A SCAM,' he wrote. 'NOW IT'S OVER YOU'RE WELCOME.'
Watch the full episode below. Yachty's remarks on BLM take place shortly after the 32-minute mark.
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