Lil Wayne (Sort Of) Calls Black Lives Matter “Dumb Shit” In This Must See Interview
In an interview that aired last night on ABC’s Nightline, Lil Wayne was asked to give his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement. Presumably this was asked of Weezy in large part because of relatively recent comments he made about his belief that racism isn’t prevalent in America, as well as his story about having his life saved by a white cop. Clearly, Nightline was hoping for an insightful ans-hahahahahahahahahahahaha oh shit I’m sorry. I just spit coffee all over my keyboard. I couldn’t keep a straight face writing that. They wanted a soundbite from Weezy that would get all the RTs, preferably out of anger or amusement. That’s what they wanted.
And yeah, they got that. Here’s the clip in question. It. is. wonderful.
“That man white. He filmin’ me. I’m a n****r.” – Lil Wayne, on America’s racial inequities.
Honestly there’s no rebuttal for this. Game, set, match Weezy.
The grand narrative since this video started being angrily quote tweeted by people who will definitely still be listening to Weezy’s next album, and gleefully quote tweeted by a lot of people who might otherwise be writing terrified letters to Pat Robertson for advice had they found a Lil Wayne album on their kid’s iPad (the irony is as rich as the man who created it) was that he said Black Lives Matter is “dumb shit.” Which, sort of but not really.
Lil Wayne specifically said, “Don’t come at me with that dumb shit, ma’am,” in reference to the extremely basic, logical breakdown of what BLM is as presented by his interviewer. That doesn’t exactly strike me as the man saying, “I, Lil Wayne, after extensive review, believe that the Black Lives Matter movement and every single idea it stands for, is, ahem, dumb shit.”
And also, considering how much Lil Wayne was cursing in this interview (easily my second favorite aspect of this video, more on that later) I don’t exactly think you can take the moniker “dumb shit” as seriously as you would if, say, Barack Obama had applied it to BLM. He’s a goofy, and wonderfully profane guy! Of course he’s going to give a goofy, wonderfully profane answer. That’s how he communicates. What Lil Wayne said, in my mind, amounts to a, “Nah not really” after basically being asked, “Do you think black people are as devalued by this country as the Black Lives Matter movement believes them to be?”
Oh what a crime.
The only offensive thing about this story is the reaction to it, and how little, or much, black voices seem to matter to people depending on whether or not those voices are in line with said people’s worldview. Though even that isn’t exclusive to black voices. People hear what they want and get mad when they hear something different. Pretty typical. Extremely dumb.
But, really, why are we all worrying about Lil Wayne’s take on BLM and ignoring the true gem of this interview? Easily the greatest thing Nightline has ever had the privilege to air.
“My life matter.” *Turns to camera, smiles* “Especially to my bitches.” – Lil Wayne, on a nationally televised Emmy and Peabody award winning news program.
This man is a treasure. Don’t you dare denigrate or politicize him, you monsters..
Shockingly, he understands what tens of millions of other Americans don’t: Just because it’s your group or who you “identify with” doesn’t mean you need to go bat shit crazy if you aren’t personally affected by it. I’m looking at you, college girls who get offended on behalf of everyone else even though they don’t give a shit like you want them to.
8 years ago at 11:48 am“MY life matters” hahaa!
8 years ago at 11:49 amNo it doesn’t.
8 years ago at 11:54 amCome on man I saw one of your posts with a positive rating and now you post this? Use your head
8 years ago at 11:55 amHave to maintain the 1:9. Keeps excursions low.
8 years ago at 12:14 pmExcursions? Hmm.
8 years ago at 6:49 pmLil’ Wayne is a surprisingly profound and unique figure to have on this side of the BLM issues. As always with this man, I still don’t understand the enigma created by his presence.
8 years ago at 11:55 amBut what is a world without enigma?
8 years ago at 2:25 pm2 bitches at the same time synchronized swimmers
8 years ago at 3:16 pmWell I mean the dude has been a millionaire since he was 12. Went to a white high school because he was a gifted student, earned (more or less) a degree in psychology from Arizona state or one of those Spring Break U schools. More to the point though he was on a combination of weapons grade narcotics, a liter of promethazine and snoop Dogg strength weed. His corporeal form was there but I mean he was pharmaceutically white girl wasted.
8 years ago at 11:57 amThe thing is though, SO many people of color who go or went to mostly white schools like that still talk about how they constantly dealt with racism there, whether overt or in subtle forms. And how being one of the only POCs there was really hard. It’s an extremely common theme from people who were in the exact same situation as Lil Wayne. So the, “He went to mostly white schools he doesn’t know racism,” wouldn’t be a great argument for them to raise since they constantly say that even that is full of racism.
8 years ago at 12:04 pmAlso of importance, at those white high schools, the few black students stand out even more. My black friends from those schools have shared a higher frequency of racism – and even more in upper class areas.
8 years ago at 12:22 pmRob, Lil Wayne is just a real ass dude. And I think he took really good acid once that made him see things clearly.
8 years ago at 12:45 pmSorry little high right now. My point is that I don’t think, other than his state bullet on Rikers, he has ever had to deal with any of the struggles black men and women, his life has been one of privilege. And drugs, lots and lots of drugs.
8 years ago at 12:07 pmI’m not saying its always like this, but I wonder how many black people who scream racism are actual victims of it, and not just looking for attention or a handout. I only ask because I’ve seen multiple situations where a black person has experienced “racism” and what happened to them was purely dependent on their own stupidity, and didn’t want to accept their role in it.
8 years ago at 1:21 pmThat’s really hard to evaluate because, despite what liberals would have you believe, racism isn’t an objective thing. But that goes both ways. I’d wager there is plenty of perceived racism that wouldn’t stand up to any sort reasonable, non-emotional evaluation. Though there’s also plenty of instances that might seem whatever to us, but is in fact more hurtful than we think it is. The problem is that the conversation is so amped up, and so hyperbolic, that people get pushed into these yes and no camps that don’t really do anyone any favors and just make everyone pissed off at each other. I also don’t really think the vast majority people who cry racism are looking for a handout, because I don’t even know what that would entail. Someone said the N-word, here’s a Chipotle coupon? Free rent for a month? Attention, though? Or a way to lessen their own culpability in a troubling situation? Sure. That definitely happens. How often? IDK.
8 years ago at 1:36 pmHe doesn’t have a victim mentality, that’s why he’s successful. He sees the mindset for what it really is: toxic and destructive.
8 years ago at 11:57 amPerspective, activists should try it some time. Perhaps then real issues and tangible solutions can be found underneath the obscene amount of bullshit.
8 years ago at 11:59 amMost activists don’t have “perspective” because the overall situation might conflict with their views
8 years ago at 3:19 pmToo often we forget that these “activists” have no intellectual insight on the issues, and just want attention and follow the mob mentality. As soon as we start realizing these people have no factual insight, the sooner we can actually start solving these issues to the *real* extent they are (which in a lot of cases is pretty minute.)
8 years ago at 4:11 pmPerspective? As in he doesn’t understand mine, if he has a seizure I’ll look the other way? Wait sorry, that’s just twitters definition.
8 years ago at 6:00 pmReal story here is the interviewer lady keeping a straight face through the whole thing.
8 years ago at 12:10 pmHer condescending, patronizing tone when “explaining” BLM, was textbook Liberal Media.
8 years ago at 12:03 am