The Buffalo community is in mourning following a mass shooting that took place at a Tops supermarket on Saturday (May 14).
Allegedly carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, authorities are investigating the killing spree as a racially-motivated hate crime that left 10 dead and three injured. Eleven of the 13 victims were identified to be Black, according to NPR.
Hip Hop artists that hail from the Buffalo community have taken to social media over the weekend with their reactions to the sickening shooting taking place in their hometown.
“PRAY FOR BUFFALO,” Westside Gunn wrote while his Griselda brother Conway The Machine also paid his condolences to the Western New York staple on Sunday (May 15).
“My heart goes out to all the families and friends of the victims and everyone that was impacted by this senseless act of racism and violence,” he wrote. “This is beyond unfathomable Prayers up for my city!”
Benny The Butcher sent prayers to the families with a poster showcasing the names and photos of all the victims who lost their lives in the supermarket attack.
The Tana Talk 4 rapper had additional thoughts on Sunday when he called out fans for wanting to see public social media reactions from athletes and rappers to the mass shooting instead of focusing on the actions he’s going to take.
“Stop taking this opportunity to antagonize the people that’s hear that’s doing better than you… First and foremost, like I say, I’m gonna do anything that my community needs me to do — I already been doing it. But guess what? It’s not to get y’all approval. Fuck y’all!”
Payton Gendron was quickly apprehended by Buffalo police and is being charged with first-degree murder. The 18-year-old white male faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
Given the content of their “music” these clowns are somewhat responsible for the recent tragedy in Buffalo, especially Westside Bum. Oh wait, oh does it not matter since the perpetrator is White?? AYO. AYO. AYO. BOOOBOOOBOOO. DOOOTDOOOTDOOOT. BRRRRRRRRRR. SKKKKKRRT..
Pray for your momma for giving birth to such a pathetic of crap like you for a son and having to raise you.
You got dropped on your head as a baby that is the only thing that could possibly explain your ignorance. You cannot be dumb enough to try and blame Griselda for this hate related crime. Somehow they are to blame for a racist white-boy from many miles away coming to their close-knit community and committing this crime. SMH… Yeah blame the victim you fricking Dip-Shiz.
the kid who shot those people in Buffalo thought he was pretty funny too. keep on posting stuff like this and being locked up will be your best option
These three always talking that gun shit in their rhymes, but as soon as a shooting happens, they’re all peace, positivity and “Stop these senseless acts of violence!” Yeah, okay.
you are nobody posting troll shit to anger people. just like that kid maybe last year. what needs to happen is your mother rip the earbuds out your ear and your father beat the shit out of you and humble you. but that won’t happen on my watch
how do the police call it a racially motivated attack i mean what the hell is a black supermarket. this is what the far left do they think killing people is going to stir gun control. i am moderate right wing but i say ban all firearms.
Because the shooter left a manifesto explaining how he wanted to kill black people. And a black supermarked is a supermarked where most of the customers are black.
Not to mention there’s footage of him sparing a guy because he was white.
a lot of bad people out here – clowns spreading hate online turn into these shooters. whether it’s bots or lonely psychos you see they target black folks however they can. those who enable anti-black racism in any form are the enemy. i won’t hesitate in real life to defend myself my interests my life. so whatever a bitch want to reply hope they are that fast on the rebound in real life.
Black folks need to understand there’s no god period. which means it’s no devil either. If you are expecting some magic white man in the sky to fix everything for you whether is peace of mind or payback you gone be waiting forever. miracles happen on television in real life you make your own miracle one day at a time. save yourself
I’m a Griselda fan, but these sentiments ring a bit hollow when you consider it in the larger scope of their lyrical content. A lot of their music is about the exact same thing, shooting other black men. You can spin it and say that it’s just entertainment or whatever, but how is this different than Westside Gunn talking about “letting 100 off through the sunroof,” or any or his thousands of other shooting references? You know he’s not talking about shooting deer, right? If you’re whole thing is threats, gun violence, etc, maybe sit this one out.
maybe sit out the rest of your life cock smoker
Thanks for the advice cupcake.
The difference between a reference versus an Act of violence and the fact that you compare them is exactly the reason you should stay quiet on the matter
Mumbles,
So you would say that the Griselda camp are not the type to engage in senseless violence? ?
benny the hoolahoop
Some kid just walks into a supermarket, kills all these people because of a notion he’s created in his mind. Scary out here, bro