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   Lil Yachty didn’t hold back when asked about his thoughts on the Black   
   Lives Matter organization. The Atlanta rapper slammed BLM during an   
   appearance on Quenlin Blackwell’s Feeding Starving Celebrities cooking   
   series earlier this week.   
      
   “BLM is a scam,” Yachty replied when asked about his philanthropic   
   endeavors in recent years. “BLM was literally a scam.”   
      
   Blackwell fired back: “Clip that! Send it to the f—ing news!”   
      
   Lil Boat went on to reference reports of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors   
   purchasing a $6 million mansion in Los Angeles with alleged funds   
   supporting the organization in 2020. “They had bought mansions,” he   
   proclaimed.   
      
   Cullors explained the estate purchase to The Associated Press in 2023,   
   saying at the time, “We really wanted to make sure that the global network   
   foundation had an asset that wasn’t just financial resources. And we   
   understood that not many Black-led organizations have property. They don’t   
   own their property.”   
      
   In 2022, the Black Lives Matter Global Network faced further scrutiny when   
   the organization’s leader Shalomyah Bower was accused of misusing funds   
   and reportedly stealing $10 million in donations. The lawsuit has since   
   been dismissed.   
      
   The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation responded to Yachty when   
   reached for comment by Fox News. “It’s clear Lil Yachty has been drinking   
   the white supremacist ideology Kool-Aid. His comments are wrong,” the   
   organization said in a statement. “They are misinformed, unoriginal, and   
   crafted to please the same people who profit from Black suffering.”   
      
   The organization 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.   
   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.”   
      
   Lil Yachty wasn’t the first rapper to call Black Lives Matter a scam; Ye —   
   formerly Kanye West — also referred to the organization as a scam in a   
   post to his Instagram Story in 2022. “EVERYONE KNOWS BLACK LIVES MATTER   
   WAS A SCAM,” he wrote. “NOW IT’S OVER YOU’RE WELCOME.”   
      
   Watch the full episode below. Yachty’s remarks on BLM take place shortly   
   after the 32-minute mark.   
      
   https://youtu.be/JzQJ-Cmeht0   
      
   https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lil-yachty-black-lives-matter-   
   scam-1235921811/   
      
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