The Game has spoken out in support of Kyrie Irving, condemning Nike’s decision to suspend their relationship with the Brooklyn Nets star.
On Friday (November 4), Nike announced that it was severing ties with Kyrie Irving in the wake of a controversial tweet in which he promoted a book and movie containing some antisemitic rhetoric and sentiments. The Nike suspension took effect immediately, with the company cancelling the upcoming release of the Kyrie 8 shoe, which was due out on November 8.
“At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism,” read a statement released from the company. “We are deeply saddened and disappointed by the situation and its impact on everyone.”
The Game voiced his disapproval of the decision in response to a post made on The Shade Room‘s Instagram account about the announcement.
“Juice you for all your BLACKNESS, use you to sell everything they got then publicly LYNCH you,” he wrote. “I’m woke.”
Others from the Hip Hop community also chimed in, with Waka Flocka tagging Ice Cube and his Big 3 Basketball league. Renowned jeweler Ben Baller was a little more elaborate.
“At some point in our time there has to be a punishment maximum that cannot be exceeded for a hate crime of any kind,” he commented. “I get it. He f*cked up… so what’s fair? Strip him dead?”
The Nike decision came just one day after the Brooklyn Nets revealed Kyrie Irving had been suspended for five games, without pay. That decision, which was announced Thursday (November 3), also prompted some reactions in the Hip Hop world.
Most notably, Kanye West returned to Twitter less than a month after having his account locked after vowing to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” and shared a cryptic photo of the embattled Brooklyn Nets star looking into the camera and holding a basketball.
He didn’t include a message with the photo, so his intention behind the post is unclear. Days prior, however, the Chicago rap mogul had voiced his support for Kyrie Irving by posting a black-and-white photo of the Brooklyn Nets guard on Instagram with the caption: “There’s some real ones still here.”
Ye appeared to have trouble tagging Kyrie in his Instagram post, though, as he later shared a screenshot of him searching for the NBA All-Star’s verified account, only to see a swarm of fake pages. In his caption, Kanye blamed the hitch on the “red media,” a term he previously used to describe media companies that are purportedly ran by Jewish people and have “teamed up” on him.
Kanye West had, in fact, misspelled Kyrie Irving’s name as “Kryie” in the search bar. But his accusation led to his Instagram account being suspended once again.
when you sign a sponsorship deal you know you can lose your deal for all kind of reasons that are at the discretion of the sponsor. the price of being sponsored is having your day to day activities being judged and evaluated by someone else who may have a different perspective and agenda. Nike has to protect their image. If Kyrie want a peaceful life – he needs to keep it on the sunny side unless its a real issue on the streets as these issues were here before him and will be here when he’s long out the league
it has nothing to do with “BLACKNESS” much to ur disappointment this isnt race. this is all peoples voice being silenced. bro got suspended or they wouldn’t let him play because he didnt want your vaccine. the same “vaccine” that requires 199 boosters. kanye being proven right every day by actions like these.
Did you read the same article as the rest of us? Cuz there was zero mention of vaccines. Stop trying to shoehorn your lame MAGA bullshit in every comment thread.
they literally blackballed kyrie last year
Don’t be mad because you took the jab
the israelites do not stand for ANY type of negativity towards them
Bro with all due respect, Fuck the Israelite movement.
I used to be part of them thinking we still have a yoke around our neck with the law.
This is no longer the time of the Jews but of Gentiles.
I’ll thank them for help me understand by bible well by reading it instead of going to someone who doesn’t even know that the christ on earth is different from the Glorified Christ in heaven.
He deserved it, was given chances to walk it back. But also why did Tom Brady not get made to apologize? He essentially also advertised Anti-Semitism, Anti Blackness, etc by supporting Trump..no?
ur a fucccking moron. u honestly believe trump is racist or anti-semite? you really believe what anyone tells you? hey buddy, joe biden was known to hang with kkk and hes said the nword multiple times on camera. you sheep dumb braindead asss is so retarded.
and its 100% people at hhdx upvoting this. tom brady had a hat in his locker. that made him anti-joo? you people are delusional. you are 100% a 22 yr old white person who can’t think for themselves. so when “celebs” do and you dont agree. they all of a sudden become, “nazis” or “racist” or “anti semites. for once in ur useless existence think for yourself. i bet when a black person says he or she is republican you call them one of 2 things. an uncle tom or a “coon”
Uh, I’m pretty sure promoting a film with antisemitic content is why people are calling him an antisemite. You bigots can “think for yourselves” all you want, but you’re still getting called out. Why do you spend so much time trolling the comment section of a hip hop site? Don’t you have a tiki torch rally to go to or something?
Aldo, this is a film that is distributed by Amazon. Spare me with your moral high ground stance. You have no argument other than the same tired shit everyone else says in an attempt to discredit someone with opposing ideas.
Yes it’s distributed by Amazon, so what? They’re only out to make money they could give a fuck. You can disguise your bigotry as “opposing ideas” all you want. It ain’t gonna work.
Titties?
Lol, wtf cares if Game is happy or not…
Lmao, could this clown be more dramatic? Facing the consequences for being a reckless idiot is not a lynching smh.
Lol black people playing victim yet again. Always stuck on race. Whats new? Can’t progress with this kind of mentality. I feel bad for yall. You guys can do better.
Pretty rich coming from Nike. They have no problem using slaves in their sweatshops…Oh wait, those people are in China and Vietnam; they’re not Jewish.
Nm, as you were.
CORNBALLS MUST STICK TOGETHER
If a white player shared an anti black video Game would be calling for him to be killed. I hate the overly PC culture but fair play is fair play. Also, saying the Holocaust wasn’t real? When I was a busboy in high school there were people everyday in the restaurant I worked in with the numbers tattooed on them that came in for the early bird special.
Donald sterling
Donald sterling
Kanye’s kuuning
Who gives a shit what 25k last double album sales Gayme got to say about anything? Sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up! The problem comes when sports entertainers become and extention of a cnn news anchor. Don’t think out loud on Twitter, idiots!
Number of hits 50 gave Game – Game IQ > 0
Number of hits 50 gave Game – Game IQ > 0