Vic Mensa has addressed criticism of a BET Hip-Hop Awards efficiency final weekend through which he referred to as out XXXTentacion and his supporters. The alleged content material of the freestyle—set to air with the total awards present on October 16—got here to gentle through X collaborator DJ Scheme, who tweeted on Sunday (October 7), “How u gone say ‘Your favorite rapper is an abuser’ and then follow it with a line saying ‘some shit X some shit so I won’t live long.’”
Mensa responded Monday night time with a video reaffirming his criticism of X’s champions. He additionally supplied condolences to X’s mom, Cleopatra Bernard, who was in attendance when the pre-recorded freestyle aired. “Domestic & sexual abuse are not excusable because you have talent or you are troubled,” Mensa wrote within the caption. “I had no idea a grieving mother would be in the audience to honor her lost son,” he provides within the video. “However, I vehemently reject the trend in hip-hop of championing abusers, and I will not hold my tongue about it.” Watch it in full beneath.
Mensa later shared misogynistic messages his associates obtained following the backlash, writing on Instagram, “These kids are taught that this mentality is ok by their abusive heroes and normalize this shit. I CALL BS!”
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