Black Lives Matter Says Lil Yachty Is 'Drinking The White Supremacist Kool-Aid' After He Called BLM A 'Scam'

Rapper Lil Yachty appears to be at odds with the Black Lives Matter organization, which he essentially called a “scam” during a recent appearance on the “Feeding Starving Celebrities” podcast with Quenlin Blackwell. “They had bought mansions, and you probably wouldn’t know anything about it because you don’t care about Black people and don’t follow Black news,” Lil Yachty told Blackwell. Yachty, born Miles Parks McCollum, is likely referring to reports that circulated in 2023 regarding the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s purchasing of a 6,500-square-foot compound in California for $6 million. BLM organizers said it was intended as a “refuge for those grieving loved ones killed in incidents of police violence,” but the purchase was widely criticized by activists, community members, and BLM opponents alike as a misuse of donations. Still, Yachty’s insistence that BLM organizers “bought mansions” is, at best, a gross oversimplification of what was reported, and, at any rate, BLM is denying it ever scammed its donors or the larger Black community, and it has clapped back at Yachty by essentially identifying him as the “real scam.”

From Rap-Up: In a statement responding to his remarks on a March 2 episode of Quenlin Blackwell’s “Feeding Starving Celebrities,” they accused the rapper of “drinking the white supremacist ideology Kool-Aid.” “His comments are wrong,” BLM told FOX News in a relatively lengthy statement earlier in the week. “They are misinformed, unoriginal, and crafted to please the same people who profit from Black suffering. “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,” they continued. “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.”

So, what do y’all think? Is Yachty telling the truth about Black Lives Matter, or is he “drinking the white supremacist ideology Kool-Aid” and spreading false information? See the reactions below.

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