*Kevin Gates came under fire for comments he made last week online, in which he labeled the Black Lives Matter movement as hypocritical and ignoring the rate of Black-on-Black violence, per Jet Magazine.
“We kill each other. I’m talking about we lay up under each other’s cars, lay behind each other’s houses then whip by, boom boom, kill everybody in the car…but as soon as a white boy kills one of us, everybody go to hoopin’ and hollerin’ and all that old stupid-ass s–t …That’s bulls–t. When you stand for something, you’ve got t[o] stand for it all the way, not half way.”
Kevin’s 60-second IG message also included: “N—– kill n—–. Help your brother, man, don’t hurt your brother.”
Many people called him out for his hypocrisy.
Kevin Gates wasn’t talking about black on black crime when he was glorifying violence in his music. So now why does he suddenly care?
— Lé Cocoapuff (@RespectTheAfro_) July 16, 2016
Kevin Gates & ASAP Rocky proof that people get money and believe they above your life and their people struggle it’s a damn shame
— October Season ® (@dj_won_ent) July 15, 2016
Kevin Gates talking about black on black crime but got the nerve to shoot up his own cousin every night. Smh.
— Westeros Pipes (@rodimusprime) July 16, 2016
Gates’ statements followed the back-to-back police shootings of unarmed Black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the Dallas shooting which left five police officers dead.
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The Baton Rouge rapper has also issued a precise warning to any police officer who harasses one of his children. In an IG video, Gates said he’s willing to kill whoever to avenge the honor of his children if need be.
“B**ch, your whole family ‘gon die, instantly,” Gates says. “I’ll set it.” A n*** disrespect my son.; slap him, touch him, scratch him whatever, your family ‘gon die instantly, ain’t no ifs, ands or buts.”
The now-deleted series of videos also included statements condoning violence against police and “go to war for what’s right.”
Gates’ wife, Dreka co-signed his statements with similar comments of her own.
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