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With a political climate leaving more at stake than ever, artists across the board are taking it upon themselves to use their platforms when following the leads of those such as T.I. and Killer Mike in Atlanta.
Lil Baby spoke out when delivering a chilling response to the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police with the candid “The Bigger Picture” in May. Now, speaking to GQ, Baby might be leaving the politics alone for good when it comes to his artistry.
“The more I’m seeing what’s up with all that shit, the more I’m like, ‘Let me back up off politics,’ ” he said. “I don’t want to be no Malcolm X or Martin Luther [King]. I stuck my nose in it. I’m good on that.”
Less than a day after its release, “The Bigger Picture” quickly became a politically-charged anthem when 27-year-old Black man Rayshard Brooks was killed by police in Atlanta at a Wendy’s drive-thru. Protestors filled the property for weeks and burned down the establishment.
Baby had posted on Instagram about plans to meet with Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms regarding police reform but ended up quickly deleting the post. Based on his most recent comments, it doesn’t seem like that meeting will happen any time soon.
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That’s cuz he’s too retarded too understand them. You can tell that by the way he raps. Smh
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Says the guy who needed to tries to post a comment
Eat a dick. Everyone makes typos every now and then but at least I’m willing to fix my own shit.
It’s not a road for the weak, and it’s definitely tough when your fighting to change and some people don’t want to. Respect to Lil Baby for even going that route and trying to educate himself on things.
He’s not a dumb cat overall, he has his head on straight and I see him doing bigger things
Dude could go from being looked at as a modern day pac but would rather influence people to be poppin pills and gangbang. Great
Really interested to why he pulled away from the politics.
He realized Democrats are demonic assholes who will never let black American’s be independent thinkers? Maybe he’s smarter than you think, or had some common sense slapped into him.
Or maybe he realized that Republicans are modern day slave masters who only want to keep Jim Crow, Segregation, White Superiority and Slavery alive and decided that he didn’t want no part in selling out his own kind.
Uhh. How can you keep alive things that been dead and not comin back. All of those things are not alive and white superiority was NEVER real. Whites arent and never were superior. This is the dumbest comment ive ever seen.
Not true, They’re superior in their percentage of chomos, serial killers and con artist amongst their ranks.
*Celebrity/rapper gets into politics*: “Shut up, we don’t wanna hear your opinion on politics!” *Celebrity/rapper pulls away from politics*: “Nooo, why are you moving away from politics? You could’ve made a change.” That’s what I’m getting so far after reading these comments.
Democrips n rebloodlicans
Protesters didn’t burn down the Wendy’s in Atlanta. First of all, biased media clowns, if you burn down a building or any type of structure, you are an ARSONIST, and no longer a protester. Second, it was the dead thugs side chick that burned down the fast food joint.