NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) — Lil Wayne shared his thoughts concerning the Black Lives Matter movement in a new interview with ABC’s “Nightline.”
“What is it? What do you mean?” Wayne asked “Nightline” reporter Linsey Davis Tuesday after she asked the rapper his thoughts on the movement.
“That just sounds weird. I don’t even know why you put a name on it. It’s not a name. It’s not ‘whatever, whatever.’ It’s somebody got shot by a policeman for a [expletive] up reason,” he continued after he was given an explanation.
“I am a young, black, rich [expletive]. If that don’t let you know that America understand black [expletive] matter these days, I don’t know what it is. Don’t come at me with that dumb [expletive], ma’am. My life matter, especially to my [expletive],” Wayne said, appearing agitated.
“I don’t feel connected to a damn thing that ain’t got nothin’ to do with me. If you do, you crazy as [expletive],” the 34-year-old added before he took out a red cloth and before he cut the interview short. “I’m connected to this flag right [expletive] here, because I’m connected. I’m a gangbanger now.”
As Wayne walked away from the interview he could be heard explaining “I ain’t no [expletive] politician.”
The question about Black Lives Matter was in connection to previous comments Wayne made about racism no longer existing in September while appearing on Fox Sports 1 sports talk show “Undisputed.”
Earlier in the interview, Wayne promoted his recently released jail memoir “Gone ‘Til November” that covers his time spent at Rikers Island in 2010.
