Social media was up in arms after the airing of the November 1 episode of ABC’s Nightline, which featured an explosive interview with Lil Wayne. During the six-minute segment, reporter Linsey Davis asked him about the Black Lives Matter movement and he went on an angry rant about how it has nothing to do with him. “I’m a young, Black, rich motherfucker,” he said. “Don’t come at me with that dumb shit. My life matters.” After the interview aired (to Lil Wayne’s disapproval), he fired his publicist and blamed it on being “disoriented.”
Naturally, people were furious at his blatant disregard for such a glaringly sensitive topic, including longtime friend and collaborator T.I. In a lengthy Instagram post shared on Saturday (November 5), the Atlanta superstar wrote, “I don’t know what you goin thru, or what you are attempting to avoid but this sh*t is absolutely unacceptable You’re disrespecting yourself, bringing shame on your family name and tarnishing your legacy.”
He goes on to point out, “Our people are being oppressed!!! We are being hunted,captured & slaughtered out here daily!!! You have to get outta that bubble that you’ve been living in & get out here & educate yourself on what’s going on around US. I’m always here to share whatever knowledge or understanding I may have to assist your growth & development, but u MUST STOP this buffoonery & coonin’ you out here doin.”
T.I. has released a handful of politically-charged projects this year, including the Us Or Else EP, which he cleverly hashtagged at the end of his post. Whether or not this was a publicity-seeking stunt, genuine concern for his friend or a combination of both is debatable, but whatever the case, T.I. certainly made his stance obvious.
There is only one tweet posted on Wayne’s account a few hours after T.I. went on his Instagram rant. While it’s unlikely he was directing the tweet at T.I., Weezy definitely felt the burn of criticism on Twitter and felt propelled to respond.
Check out T.I.’s Instagram video above and the original Lil Wayne interview below.
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Seriously Wayne just lost he’s mind thinking nothing wrong in the lives of African American go through dealing with the harassment them craKKKers
Never understood why people adore Wayne as rapper for the past year since he hasn’t been doing good music for a while but this is the time for him to get clean and sober
Black Lives matter is a zionist funded movement that is puppet funded by George Soros to create and incite racial violence. Lil Wayne is completely right. Black people have everything nowwa days. Stop acting like Black people are still oppressed. It’s a fuckin lie. People are so brainwashed smh. I lost respect for T.I. after reading this. Peace Out.
youre a fuking idiot…u lucky u cant catch a beating via ths section punk bastard
Half these hood ass niggas getting shot by cops deserve it cause they are mad disrespectful. If a cop tells you to do something just do it dumbass like the rest of us do. Come to Orlando with that black lives matter bullshit n see how far it’s gonna get you , nowhere. Everybody knows cops are racist pigs, it will always be that way. Black Lives Matter is just an excuse for black people to call everybody racist and riot/do whatever they want. Have you seen the black lives matter protest videos lately? Innocent white people getting jumped who are protesting WITH them. (Ghetto) Black people always wanna pull the race card but they are more racist than anybody else. And I say ghetto because educated black people know racism doesn’t matter anymore because if you educate yourself you can become a doctor or a laywer in this country NO MATTER WHAT. Stop making excuses. All lives matter and until the races unite nobody will get justice. BLM is a fuckin shit show that is funded by the government because they want civil disobidence to take place so they can put into effect Marshall Law. Do your research you brainwashed sheep.
Yeah, like philando castille and the other guy who had his car broken down. Or that worker who was with the autistic man. Guy was lying down with his hands up and got shot. Cop said he didn’t know why he shot him. They tried hitting the man with autism who was playing with a toy truck, clearly not a gun.Following orders still gets you shot, wake the fuck up. Imagine what hasn’t been caught on camera. You don’t deserve the name D12 world, even Bizarre wouldn’t say the dumb shit you just said
Ti u a racist ass bitch…fake ass wanna be thug….u aint shit u hoe ass bitch. White people stop buying this racist ass hoe albums. I stopped buying his garbage long time ago. Lil wayne got more sense then this piece of shit and a way better MC
You can always tell who the sheltered white people are responding on this site when it comes to the topic of race. They try and sound ethnic and convey a perspective on racism that’s isn’t just downright ignorant and twisted, it’s also not from a 1st experienced perspective. Whoever your dumb ass is, to say what you’ve said not only shows you don’t truly know what you’re talking about or what racism is because you’ve never experienced it from a black persons’ perspective, but it shows you’re also sheltered, unexposed and severely misinformed on the very real life issues that every black person experience in a racial society, especially a society shared with clueless thinkers like you. You can’t understand or care about what doesn’t affect you 1st hand. So as a result, your comments are naturally going to come as ignorant, void of considerable thought and usually insensitive and baseless. YOU should shut the fuck up and take a seat if you lack the informed intellectual capacity to engage yourself in subject matters to which you have experienced no indepth exposure to.
Who being oppressed. Please show me where us black americans are being oppressed. TI has made millions on the american “black” stereo type. Now he’s a social justice warrior. Nigga pleas!
lil wayne is so sexy, I would love waking up to him in the morning
Does TI not think that attempting to publicly shame people who don’t agree with him is oppression?
It can be, but when the person who you disagree with is completely wrong and in a position to influence others, it must be done. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it doesn’t mean every opinion is valid. Opinions are not equal to facts, and racism had been on display all summer long. Wayne needs to get back on the drugs if this is his brain when he’s off them.
It’s some idiots in this world, especially in this comment section…anyway, well spoken T.I.!
T.i didnt u snitch on some niggas to get less time from the white system, nigga please , u had guns like u bout 2 go 2 war. So b4 you talk bout black lives matter, stop taking it n help stop local gangs. Wezzy aint tryn to be no hipocrit.
So apparently, no one uses phones to make phone calls anymore.
Ok.
T.I. is such a hypocrite. He’s been selling drugs to his own people for years!!! And he cries that his people are out here being oppressed. What an idiot.
People make their own decision to do drugs. People do not wake up and decide to be kidnapped or murdered by police. Wake up and smoke a joint
in a typical weekend up to 46 people die in Chicago alone from black on black crime, TRY POLICING YOUR OWN PEOPlE!!!!
Ridiculous comment. Most crimes committed are done by a person of the same race as the victim. White ppl tend to harm white, black on black, and that’s because those are the people they are surrounded by generally. If you take into account that many black ppl live in low income/high crime neighborhoods, it is expected that there is a higher percentage of black on black crime than among other races.
You are an ignorant uninformed asshole, end of story.
And your a fucking retard that uses someone elses name on a website to post because he is too unoriginal pathetic and too brain dead to have an original thought in his little pea brain sized skull the kind of violence i want to see is you stick a gun barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger so no one has to hear your inbred ass opinions ever again ill even send you my glock 40 gen 4 with 1 R.I.P round in the clip for ya so your head bursts like a pumpkin on halloween
Lol. First of all what people police their own people? Second, systemic racism does exist. And finally, the fact that you go straight to name calling shows me that you are not open to discussion and part of the reason 2 people like Trump and Hillary are the nominees. Peace out.
What was TI last join like bring em out right
What U Know? Whatever You Like? Live Your Life? About The Money?
Stand your ground Wayne, you know what’s up. T.I. is uneducated and doesn’t know shit as he tries to speak for all black people. It’s unbelievable he’s trying to persuade you into buying into this BLM bullshit. If this isn’t for publicity, fuck T.i. this pussy would lose all my respect threating a friendship over a simple stance on some silly movement.
It’s clear that you stand for nothing. Not even your family. Smh
I feel where both mc’s coming from..just cuz black lives matter don’t mean that other lives don’t matter..I feel like we just should focus on the fact that all lives matter
While all lives do matter, the way black people are treated by the police clearly demonstrates that in America the black lives do not matter as much as others. why were cops on scene with their guns drawn for a guy whose car had broken down? Or why is the cop pointing the gun at a guy he pulled over with his family in the car? (and then kills the guy in front of said family). BLM isn’t trying to say black lives matter more than others, they’re trying to say that black lives matter too.
They do the same shit to white people guns out upon approach not everytime but do they everytime for a black person? Fuck no all lives matter its a corrupt system breeding cops that we have today that think there not held accountable for anything and shooting a citizen is just like going home and going on a rampage on call of duty look up cops shooting white people sometime and be surprised just the fact it doesnt make the news because it wont cause riots like the medias trying to start oh and also it would be a white person shooting a white person and thats not news worthy nor is a black man shooting a black man or hispanic on hispanic wanna know why? Because that would show that violence is a part of the human condition and not a hate crime just a regular ol boring crime that the news dont wanna cover its gotta be white killing black or brown or a school being shot up by some psychopath no in between its ridiculous once EVERY life unites and rises up we will then get what we want stop letting the media seperate us…
I said all lives matter, just currently through everything we are seeing it appears people don’t think black lives matter TOO. Maybe the movement should change their name to incorporate that, I don’t think they should because they are only stating that black lives matter. They aren’t saying black lives matter more or less than anyone else. Black people are not a majority population yet are arrested and incarcerated at higher rates than others. Naturally there are more white ppl killed and in jail than black people, but percentage wise it’s very skewed to blacks and latinos.
Then follow laws? Get better role models than BMFlarry hoover or pablo escobar and look up to great black men such as MLK george washington carver or many many other examples to go by its the fact african americans are the only ones that glamorize drugs and breaking laws and fucking up cops and your right blacks are the minority so therefore they are easier influenced due to a lesser number of themselfs vs negative influences taking hold on there lives in someways i admit it is the whitemans fault for keeping blacks down like we did and its the most fucked up portion of united states history as well but thats just what it is history black people modern day arent any more profiled or hassled than any type of nationality its the fact we have given too much control to our masters (big governme t and global policing) that they think no one can judge them or bring down consequences upon them thats why i say every nationality must rise up together and face whats keeping us apart ( media painting race wars just spewing out all the ugly in the world and our government politicians getting elected into office using us as chess pieces based on color or sexuality) and by the time we all catch on and rise up work together and fight it will already be too late….
Shut the fuck up! How bout you get off hip hop dx this is for black people! This is our culture so if you feel the way that you feel about us don’t listen to or consume our goods. You are the perfect example of white person that thinks they are inherently better than an entire race of people. You’re using stereotypical ideologies of thugs to say that we all look up to criminals thats why we are inherently bad compared to white people. You don’t understand what racism is, it’s not just I hate you because of race it’s the system to oppress a race. Why you think chicago, detriot, baltimore N.O. is high crime? You don’t think it’s funny how black neighborhoods always have less resources than whites when both pay taxes? Why it lead in the water for flint but anywhere else in Michigan? Before you come on this site (based off black culture) you need to watch what the fuck you say about us because you don’t live in our skin you just you putting on a costume to fit in.
Fuk weezy!
TI is a ignorant shoe shining c00n!
Lil Wayne been looked for & cared after since like waaay before high school & he ain’t no fuckin gang banger pleeeaaase!
Exactly!
“All black lives matter.. except for da niggas I snitched on.” – Clifford TIP Harris
T.I.P. G-Checc’d his younger brother & appropriately so. Wayne needs intervention.
And wow just reading about how at black lives matter rallies they beat people for just being white and these are people on there side ill say it first FUCK black lives matter ever a rally here and mother fuckers wanna try jumping me or my family i got a glock 34 on the hip 1 mag in the gun 3 on me 23 shots every clip jump me mother fuckers taste 92 shots then when white people beat your asses we are racist GET THE FUCK OUTA HERE WITH THIS SHIT its amazing to support a group of people but to support a group of people while beating another go fuck yourselfs black lives matters
Many of those ppl don’t represent BLM but this is another case of lumping all black ppl together & putting the same stereotypes on all. The KKK does the same & you probably don’t say anything smh
You have to admit that BLM supporters do a very shitty job of distancing themselves from the assholes. That and not all BLM chapters agree with one another when it comes to stuff like actually talking to local police to resolve issues.
BLM isn’t that good at getting anything done.
The fuck they dont represent it! If they are there screaming and holding up signs and protesting for BLM they are a part of BLM so go take your victem bullshit else the only victems were the 2 innocent teenage girls walking by who got beaten and stitches in there faces bet thatll look good at prom but hey people like you dont give a fuck unless it benefits you so go eat a dick..
and no last time the KKK had a big rally they got handed there asses like thy deserved and just like any person who supports BLM and beats people just for being white because your mad i hope you get 20 holes put in you you stupid fuck so go actualy read shit before running your mouth
Anyone who uses & is not certain who their real father is &.
fuck you all. as weezy said. you aint got shit better to do?
Better to do? You mean better than fighting for our freedom, civil liberties, and future of our race? No. We don’t have anything better to do. But you do. Enjoy the luxury of being white and not having to fight for anything, and shut up.
Shut up? So you are fighting for your freedom but shitting on his first amendment rights? That sounds about right coming from a BLM supporter. LOL. Only specific black American lives matter under certain circumstances is what the movement should be called.
What freedom do not have….that “the white man” does?
These comments are proof that many are so deceived. The white ppl commenting think they have all the answers to black issues in America, which they dont. Blacks commenting agree with Wayne for the dumbest reasons ever, smh it’s all screwed up. To the white ppl, stop using Chicago as a measuring stick for all of black America!!! This “black on black” violence narrative is used to deflect from the issue at hand & that’s a tactic many white ppl use. No other race has that statement on them, only us. Black ppl, stop idolizing your favorite rapper & agreeing with whatever they say!!!! Wayne ain’t paying no one rent, he isn’t taking care of your kids, family, nothing. Yall making him rich & not making him be a man & accept responsibility for his actions. T.I. did what a grown man is supposed to do. Fluck the rapper ish!!!!! Grown men checking grown men is foreign to yall today cause we accept anything that comes out of people’s mouths!!! Yes TIP has a past, but he woke up. All of yall need to do the same.
Anyone who uses & has negated any valid point they have tried to make. Black people out each other and themselves in prion more than cops kill them. Blacks kill other blacks more than cops kill them. Period. No one’s life matters. The world is overpopulated anyways.
How about detroit, baltimore, new orleans and oakland
Spoken like a G. Keep ridin T.I., someone’s gotta do it. I’m not even gonna read the comments because I’m gonna be disgusted by the ignorance and audacity of people actually defending “Lil” Wayne’s comments. Now we see how “Lil” he actually is. These “Lil” “Young” rappers all come up small when it’s time to be a grown up. Peace.
T.I = G.
I strongly applaud T.I. for his strenght, veracity and courage. He is an exemplary human being. I wish more public figures in our community – the human community – took more of a stand on issues. Whether one agrees with him or not, he articulate a well thought positon on the issues
The media fully exploited lil wayne and lil wayne allowed the exploitation. He thinks he is keeping it G, sadly, he has no concept of what it means to be a G.
TI was arrested with an arsenal of automatic weapons and SILENCERS. I’m sure he was never planning on using those on BLACK people (sarcasm). I agree with Weezy. He has probably never suffered racism, what’s wrong with him expressing his opinion? Mr T.I. Gun nut snitch on his “brothers” who got him said guns isn’t an idiot though, right? LOL
ooooook? white people right now are avoiding for the same type of weapons ti was caught with.
TI is a black communist.
so according to ti anyone who doesnt agree with him (“sh*t is absolutely unacceptable You’re disrespecting yourself, bringing shame on your family name and tarnishing your legacy.”) i love how suddenly in this country everyone crys freedom, that is unless you dont agree with them they you dont have that freedom any more i guess. i dont even like wayne but hes right hes rich ,he bacame rich in a country that allows anyone who has talent and works hard become rich. news flash thats the opposite of opression, ti sounds more like a crying little bitch more and more as each day goes on shut the f**k up all ready with that bull
Salute to u TIP