American rapper Lil Wayne vocally distances himself from the movement in a new Nightline interview.
In a clip from a new Nightline interview set to air tonight, Lil Wayne stated repeatedly that he did not feel connected to the Black Lives Matter movement.
The clip opens with Wayne responding to a basic question as to his thoughts on the movement. “What is it, what do you mean?” says Wayne. “It just sounds weird, it’s not ‘whatever whatever’ [throwing up scare quotes]. it’s somebody got shot by a policeman for a fucked up reason.”
After the interviewer explains Black Lives Matter as a response to the fact that, “America didn’t seem to understand that,” Wayne responds, “I am a young black rich motherfucker. If that don’t let you know that America understands black [expletive] matter these days, I don’t know what it is.”
Wayne gets increasingly animated in explaining his position: “That man white, he filmin’ me,” he says, gesturing to the camera man, “I’m a nigga. I don’t know what you mean, don’t come at me with that dumb shit ma’am.” “My life matter,” he continues, looking at the camera, “Especially to my bitch.”
See the clip below…