Lil Yachty has gotten a blunt response from Black Lives Matter after hehe branded the civil rights organization a “scam.”
Appearing on the YouTube cooking show Feeding Starving Celebrities earlier this week, the Atlanta rapper said: “BLM is a scam. BLM was literally a scam. They had bought mansions.”
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He then said to host Quenlin Blackwell: “You probably wouldn’t know anything about it because you don’t care about Black people, and don’t follow Black news.”
In a statement to FOX News, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation quickly hit back at Yachty’s remarks.
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“It’s clear Lil Yachty has been drinking the white supremacist ideology Kool-Aid. His comments are wrong. They are misinformed, unoriginal, and crafted to please the same people who profit from Black suffering,” they said.
The statement 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.
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“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. BLM was never a scam; selling out your people for clout is.”
Back in 2022, after BLM came under fire for purchasing a $6 million property, the organization wrote on social media: “There have been a lot of questions surrounding recent reports about the purchase of Creator’s House in California. Despite past efforts, BLMGNF recognizes that there is more work to do to increase transparency and ensure transitions in leadership are clear.”
They also said media speculation over the organization’s finances were “inflammatory and speculative.”
BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors resigned in 2021 amid scrutiny over the management of the organization. The BLM Global Network Foundation also faced investigations into its handling of donations, and some affiliated chapters distanced themselves from the main organization due to concerns over transparency.
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There can be much confusion between the organization Black Lives Matter and the social justice movement that took off in 2020 following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police.
BLM continues to operate as a non-profit.
