Video of 11-year-old Keaton Jones of Knoxville, Tennessee, tearfully questioning his bullies went viral over the weekend and elicited a heavy response from celebrities, including those from the Hip Hop community.
From Cardi B to Chris Brown, many prominent artists came to Jones’ defense, offering solidarity via social media.
The child even gained a lifelong friend in West Coast O.G. Snoop Dogg.
“Say lil Man U gotta friend in me for life hit me on dm so we can chop it up love is the only way to beat hate,” Snoop wrote in the caption of his repost of Jones’ video.
Cardi B took direct aim at Jones’ bullies, writing “you not even a bully YOU A STRAIGHT UP PUSSY ASS PUNK ASS BITCH.”
T.I., Rihanna and Plies were among the other artists who responded to Jones’ video.
In his emotional video, Jones asks someone offscreen, “Just out of curiosity, why do they bully? What’s the point of it?” He then details the bullying he’s suffered at the hands of other children at his school.
“They make fun of my nose,” Jones said in the video. “They call me ugly. They say I have no friends.”
A GoFundMe campaign was launched for Jones and his family, raising close to $60,000 as of December 11.
The defense from Hip Hop and many other celebrities took a twist when Jones’ family was possibly exposed for being racist. A photo collage making the rounds online allegedly features questionable commentary and Confederate flag-flaunting photos from the boy’s mother, Kimberly Jones.
Strong survive. Fucking pussy
Snitch
Chris Breezy wanna harm people. All females in close distance to him…RUN!!
That’s my grandson. I’m so proud.
Funny thing is the bullies are black. Other way around it would be a racist hate crime. This way around its kosher!
White kids bully Black kids all the time! TRUST ME I KNOW!!!
Kids of all races bully other kids all the time! TRUST ME I KNOW!!!
Now now goyim, only white ppl can be racist! Remember the six million!
Can anybody really charge an elementary school student with a hate crime?
Of course. If he is white. Otherwise, hell no.
Is there anything T.I. won’t react to?
Yes. Black on black crime. Or black on white crime. Then its complete radio silence.
So this little bitch crys on camera and here comes a bunch of celebs to his rescue. Fuck the victim. I respect the shooter
when its ur kid u want think the same and if u do ura sorry ass mom
too much hate in the world today im white and when i came up this bullshit didnt go down like this didnt matter if u was white r black are whatever u was we was down we was down there was bullies but they take it to the extrem these and always got to be some black white bullshit get the fuck over it because itsabout the kid thats who matters here no kid should have to go to school and be picked on we want go to work and let someone do it to us so why my kid
this is so stupid, its a kid reaching out,abd grown people want to judge a kid. more kids need to speak out what ever race they are. bullying is bullying. my son has a best friend who has a little sister with disabilities that he gets so upset with kids that make fun of kids with her type of disabilities. kids need to stand up with their voice, the voice gets more results..
So apparently his family are typical racist hicks and there’s pictures of them including the boy holding the confederate flag, any of you goofy white dudes on here gonna touch on that?
Fuck all these white privilege rednecks! We need to give more money and undeserved opportunities to black people so that we can fix all of the systemic racism in the world!
amen and these celebrities suck fuck em they do absolutely nuthing for the black community that’s why I SUPPORT none of them I hate them all its always about a white kid I done tried everything ….i can’t go viral to save the world I hope they knw there all being programmed and I will never support another celebritie for them to shit on us fuck outta here
I’m not white, but the kid shouldn’t be held responsible for his parents/family ideals or beliefs. That’s how we continue hate. Bottom line is this kid shouldn’t be bullied that’s the focal point of this story. It’s not about the Mom.
I’m saying tho, what’s the point of a go fund me for Being bullied???
So dude can fund his future meth addiction no doubt…
oh yeah?? HHDX, yall gonna erase my comment because I spoke on truths.
Fuck the little ugly mother fucker in his family to me. And fuck your ignorant ass also.
Lmao ?
wat happened to all the lil black kids being bullied …..nothing over the past year my friends kids committed suicide due too builling my own daughter is institutionalize due to major builling but did the black community get celebritie feed back he’ll no so miss me wit that update shit sorry no sorry wake up people
I’ll say it again, there is more to that story than what is being reported and his Mom is wrong for recording such a personal moment between a boy and his Mom. Moms is trash. Why is the boy being bullied? It can’t have anything to do with his fam being confederate flag supporters… I feel sorry for the kid for who is parents are. This shouldn’t have been something where a family profits off a child being bullied. Should’ve brought more awareness and asked for donations to organizations who assist with bullying. But no, it’s all about them, because Keaton is the only child who has ever been bullied.
From what i understand he got beat up cause he ran around calling people the N-word.
@ Chem, I heard the same thing.. I wonder where the righteous T.I. stand on that… smh
Yeah cause you were there right? This black/white thing is not the issue for everything, he is a KID, if you don’t know, kids will bully just because it’s something to do, they don’t know how or why, and you ignorant fools buy into this race bullshit all the time, I swear man, go join the military or something
So, where is Hip-hop at on those missing black girls, kids!!! You so quick to come to the DEFENCE of a Fucking ConArtis along with his mammy!!!! That’s why I don’t like or listen to your BS!!!! You disrespectful, programmed to the ways of the devil!!!! Wake the F****** up!!!!!
What the fuck does color have to do with every god damn thing? White kids, black kids, Hispanic, whatever all need to be found, loved, helped! Please shut the fuck up with the poor black kid shit. Kids are kids to people who actually give a fuck.
@vivs, I totally agree. I really don’t understand why a go fund me account was set up. He was being bullied, he wasn’t crying because he was poor. Why are ppl giving them money? Ad you said, that money should go into bullying prevention programs. It’s not a black or white issue, there are kids of all races committing suicide, how does giving $60,000 to one boy fix that? It’s such a shame.
Chris Brown is your first example?! CHRIS “I PUNCHED IN AND CHEWED ON RIHANNA” BROWN?!! GTFOH.
I second that Ayo
Fuck him and his Momma
There’s 2 sides to every coin and his racist ass just got revealed..
We always “feeling” something when the white person appears to be on the short end of the stick.. always coming to their defense while we ignore and mistreat one another.!
We gotta do better !!
I feel bullying is bullying and no one should be bullied no matter the color or what someone parents background is however no parent should be teaching their child to be racist either. It’s sad that the mother used her child for an quick come up. It’s also sad that these artists gave money their money to this racist ass family but oh well that’s what they get for not doing their own research. It’s plenty kids out here being bullied, shooting other kids because they are tired of being bullied or even taking their own life’s to get away from the pain. Y’all should have put y’all money together to raise awareness across this country to bring bullying to end. Children voices matter!
Another sad story. Just read comments and I have to agree that NO CHILD should be bullied because I have 2 of my own and as a mother we try to teach our children right from wrong especially in society today. But yes I also have to agree that this child parent is very ignorant to come on social media because her son was bullied when her ass should have been at the child’s school trying to correct the problem. Money is the root of ALL EVIL and why is celebs donating money to this child when the problem still wont be corrected because not only will this child have to face bullying in elementary school but highschool, college, and his adult years as well. Money will not teach him how to deal with bullying but it damn sho will teach him how to continually have his hand out every time he reaches a problem in life. In the beginning, this was NOT A BLACK OR WHITE THING but now since the curtain has opened about his family holding confederate flags and one of his sisters was holding a gun now yes we have to question those facts in our face because to my understanding majority of the celebs who donated to this child account was black. So yes, I say do NOT give this child money for being bullied because it is a true fact that the apple doesnt fall far from the tree and when he’s consistently in a household where adults feel a certain way he will too grow to be like them because its genetics. DNA is a muthaf@&%#$ and it goes along way. So when he gets older he can say well I said the N word and got bullied and then got rewarded for it by a bunch of N word celebs… Go figure.. This world we living in is CRAZY A HELL… ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO WAKE UP NOT JUST OUR OWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a sad thing that a child/person have to experience verbal abuse in life such as this, this incidence will always be rembered in there minds, where are the teachers?, they should offer classes in bullying.
F#%K this racist Trump loving family.. No wonder the lil kid got bullied with ignorant red neck parents like that just trying to exploit him the same way Danielle Bregolis mum exploited her for 15 mins of fame!! YouTube generation of parents desperate to use their kids as cash cows for fame!!! It’s all just a set up and once again ignorant Yanks have fallen for the BS!!!!