Watch: Grammy-nominated rapper bashes Black Lives Matter as a 'scam' in tense exchange with popular influencer



A Grammy-nominated rapper slammed Black Lives Matter as a "scam" in a tense exchange.

Lil Yachty — born Miles Parks McCollum — is a popular rapper who has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and three MTV Music Awards.

'You probably wouldn't know anything about it because you don't care about black people.'

He recently made an appearance on the "Feeding Starving Celebrities" online cooking show. The series is hosted by Quenlin Blackwell — a massively popular social media influencer with nearly 12 million followers on TikTok, more than three million followers on Instagram, and over 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube.

Blackwell asked Lil Yachty, "You spent $100,000 on a trip to Disney World. How much have you spent on charitable causes this year?"

Lil Yachty laughed and pointed out that "this year has technically just started."

Blackwell then asked how much he gave to charity last year.

He responds, "It's hard to gauge."

The rapper added, "It's just blurry. I've been doing so much."

Blackwell replies, "BLM? Because you want to be so black-powered?"

Lil Yachty quickly fires back, "BLM is a scam."

Blackwell excitingly orders her staff to "clip that" video highlight and send it to "the f***ing news."

"BLM was literally a scam," Lil Yachty explains, then says of Black Lives Matter leaders: "They had bought mansions."

Lil Yachty then bashes Blackwell, "You probably wouldn't know anything about it because you don't care about black people. You don't follow black news."

"I do care about black people. Look at my chocolate," the influencer retorts as she points to her arms.

Lil Yachty shoots back, "It's a disguise."

After an awkward silence, Blackwell then proclaims herself to be the "most pro-black person in this room."

Lil Yachty claims that Blackwell's staff is "all white," to which she argues that her employees are "POC," or "people of color."

A staff member is heard saying, "I'm gay."

The rapper says, "I too have a gay," which shocks Blackwell and compels her to correct him with the progressive term, "A gay? A member of the LGBTQIA+."

A video clip of the exchange went viral on social media and racked up more than one million views on the X social media platform, plus an additional four million views on the original full episode.

Blaze News has extensively covered the questionable spending habits by the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation reportedly took in more than $90 million in 2020.

BLM revealed in 2021, "After our expenses and grant disbursements, we are left with an approximate balance of $60 million."

As Blaze News reported in January 2022, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors "secretly" purchased a $6 million mansion in Southern California. Regarding the accusations of purchasing lucrative real estate property, Cullors claimed, "What’s happening to me and to our movement is both racist and sexist."

At the same time, the BLM organization purportedly funded the purchase of a mansion that was formerly the Toronto headquarters of the Communist Party of Canada.

In February 2022, the liberal states of California and Washington reportedly ordered the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation to halt all fundraising operations over a lack of financial transparency.

Cullors — a self-described "trained Marxist" — resigned from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation after questions surrounding the purchase of high-end real estate properties.

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Trump State Department reportedly tells embassies: Scrap the LGBT and BLM activist flags. Only Old Glory flies.



Under the Biden administration, the non-straight activist flag and the colors of the identitarian leftist group Black Lives Matter were routinely hoisted above American embassies and consulates, both suggesting Old Glory needed the banner equivalent of addendums and insinuating the nation was torn between competing allegiances.

The Trump State Department reportedly issued a "One Flag" policy on Monday, bringing this shameful practice to an end.

According to a copy of the corresponding memo obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, which first reported on the policy change, "Starting immediately, only the United States of America flag is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content."

Keen for a symbolic change after the first Trump administration rejected embassies' requests to fly the non-straight activist flag, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a blanket authorization for diplomatic outposts worldwide to raise the activist colors. Foreign Policy reported at the time that Blinken specifically authorized diplomats to fly the flag before May 17, a day activists annually spend complaining about "homophobia" and "transphobia," as well as through the month of June.

Sure enough, American diplomats gleefully raised the non-straight flag not just for the duration of so-called "pride season" and on gender ideologues' various days of self-honor but to celebrate or commemorate various milestones on the country's deviation from the straight and narrow.

'It is fitting and respectful that only the US flag be flown or displayed.'

While they refrained from doing so in Islamist nations over fear of "backlash," Biden diplomats proved alternatively keen to antagonize conservative Christians. For instance, the American embassy to the Vatican repeatedly flew the non-straight activist flag while flooding its social media pages with the flag and activist messaging.

Various embassies also hoisted the flag of BLM, a Marxist group led by scandal-plagued radicals apparently committed to acquiring luxury real estate and enriching family members at true believers' expense as well as advancing the global cause of a single race, in part, through the elimination of prisons and police.

The American embassies and consulates in Brazil were among the many diplomatic outposts that raised the BLM flag during the Biden years. Despite the racist and divisive nature of the group signified, the U.S. embassy in Brazil stated that the phrase displayed on the flag "is connected to collective efforts to mitigate racism and build a more equitable society."

The Trump State Department underscored in its Monday memo that the "flag of the United States of America united all Americans under the universal principles of justice, liberty, and democracy. These values, which are the bedrock of our great country, are shared by all American citizens, past and present."

Diplomats who violate the new policy will "face disciplinary action, including termination of employment or contract, or reassignment to their home agency," said the memo.

The Beacon noted that the only flags permitted besides Old Glory are the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action emblem and the Wrongful Detainees Flag.

"The U.S. flag is a powerful symbol of pride and it is fitting and respectful that only the U.S. flag be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestically and abroad," added the memo.

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Should Taylor Lorenz and BLM leader be silenced for celebrating violence?



Standing up for the First Amendment is easy when you agree with the speech that’s being threatened. However, it’s standing up for free speech when you hate the words being spoken that really counts.

That’s the difficult position Glenn Beck is taking when it comes to the vile things uttered by ex-Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz and BLM co-founder Hawk Newsome. While he loathes the violence both have celebrated in the wake of recent events, he nonetheless supports their First Amendment rights.

Taylor Lorenz has come under fire for her comments following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

While speaking to Piers Morgan, Lorenz said that she felt “joy” when she got the news of Thompson’s death.

When Piers pressed her on this heinous sentiment, she somewhat recanted it and replaced “joy” with the word “celebratory” — as if that was any better. She then justified her statement by claiming that “greedy health insurance executives like [Thompson] push policies of denying care to the most vulnerable people” and thus his death should be seen as “justice in the system.”

Newsome, angered by the acquittal of Daniel Penny, told a crowd, “We need some black vigilantes. People wanna jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud? How about we do the same when they attempt to oppress us?”

While Glenn is revolted by these two statements that unabashedly condone violence, he knows that they fall under speech that is protected by the Constitution.

He reads from a 1969 court case in which it was determined that speech must be evaluated according to a “two-prong” test: “Speech can be prohibited if it is directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action,” and it must be “likely to incite or produce such action.”

“Two standards — both of them have to be met,” says Glenn.

Neither statement meets both of these criteria, meaning that while they are reprehensible, they’re technically not illegal and therefore should be protected.

“I hate what these people have said,” Glenn admits, calling the statements from both Lorenz and Newsome “evil,” but “because I'm an American constitutionalist, I defend their right to say it.”

To hear more of Glenn’s analysis, watch the clip above.

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SHOCKING: BLM leader calls for violence after Daniel Penny found not guilty



Daniel Penny was acquitted of all charges and deemed a hero in the eyes of Americans everywhere — but BLM co-founder Hawk Newsome fervently disagrees.

“We need some black vigilantes,” Newsome yelled after the verdict. “People want to jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud? How about we do the same when they attempt to oppress us. I’m tired.”

Jordan Neely’s father also called for something to be done after the verdict, which Rubin believes was another call for violence.

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” is rightfully disturbed by what he’s hearing from the both of them.


“That is, I would say, as close to calls for direct violence as you can get within the confines of the First Amendment,” Rubin says, adding, “You are not allowed to call for direct violence to people.”

“Then you wonder again, when we see these mobs, whether they’re the BLM mobs or the Hamas mobs or whatever, and they’re breaking into stores and they’re looting and they’re scaring kids and women on the streets and all these things, well, how did this happen?” he continues.

“Well, it’s what we just showed you here. The media kind of lies about the story, racializes something that shouldn’t be racialized, the governor of the state, pre-emptively, before there’s a trial, and all the evidence is out there, immediately says Daniel Penny is the bad guy,” Rubin explains.

“Then you wonder why we’re endlessly in this strange, toxic place that we find ourselves,” he adds.

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