At the tip of December, Lil Pump apologized after posting a video teasing a brand new track that prominently featured a racial slur. On “Butterfly Doors,” he rapped, “They call me Yao Ming ‘cause my eyes real low, ching chong.” He additionally made a derogatory gesture together with his eyes. Following backlash to the preliminary video, he posted a brand new video with an apology. “Butterfly Doors” has now been launched together with an official visible (beneath), and Pump has eliminated the racist strains.
The present model of the track finds Pump rapping, “They call me… ‘cause my eyes real low,” muting the portion the place he beforehand stated “Yao Ming,” and eliminating the phrases “ching chong” altogether.
In his apology for his unique language, Pump stated: “I seen the whole thing going on on the internet and all that. I came here to tell you from my part that I’m sorry and I apologize for posting that. It was not my intentions to hurt nobody or do none of that. … I got Asian homies, you know. I fuck with everybody and I got nothing against nobody. It’s all love.” Pitchfork has reached out to Lil Pump’s representatives for remark.
Pump’s unique clip was met with criticism from rapper and Crazy Rich Asians actor Awkwafina, who called out Pump on Twitter. Chinese rapper Lil Yijie, higher often called Pissy, dropped a diss monitor referred to as “FXXX LIL PUMP.”
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