Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne is refusing to believe racism exists in his world. The hip-hop veteran has shared a story about a Caucasian police officer saving his life as proof he doesn’t see the difference between black and white.
In a new interview, Wayne explains how a near-fatal shooting over 20 years ago altered his perspective on what racism is.
“At the age of 12-years-old, I shot myself,” Wayne said. “I was in the house, police knocked on the door, I was right there. They knocked the door down, everybody jumped over my body to get the guns and drugs and whatever they could find. It took one guy to stop right there and just cuss everybody out that hopped over me like, ‘What the f*ck are y’all doing? – F*ck an ambulance, do you not see this kid right here with a hole in his chest? You. You drive.’ He picked me up, he brought me to the hospital. He didn’t drop me off at the ambulance and say, ‘You take him.’ He brought me to the hospital room and stood there and waited until the doctor said, ‘He’s gonna make it.’ He said, ‘Don’t worry. My name’s Uncle Bob.’ He was white as snow. Them motherf*ckers that hopped over me was blacker than me. Yeah, he was a cop and my life was saved by a white man. I don’t know what racism is. I know a good motherfu**er named Uncle Bob, though.” (AP)
Recently, Wayne shared his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement.
“I was on a sports show recently, and I was asked a question like that about black lives or whatever. When we got off the air, [host] Shannon Sharpe said: ‘I really want to commend you for answering like that, because you didn’t make something up just to make yourself one of us. And to make yourself a victim.’ I’m not that. And honestly, I don’t care. I care what’s going on with me and my kids and my world and my mom and who’s going to pay this next bill. That’s what matters to me.” (New York Times)
Last month, Weezy sparked headlines after initially saying he did not believe in racism.
Lil Wayne says the racial makeup of the crowd at one of his shows was “clearly a message that there was no such thing as racism.” The rapper was asked Tuesday on Fox Sports’ ”Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” about a show in suburban New York where the crowd was mostly white. He said it was “a perfect example” that racism doesn’t exist. Wayne says the crowd at his shows “has always been everybody.” (Washington Post)
This kid has been rich since he was like 12-13. The majority of his fan base is white, his hobbies involve maybe 90% white kids. What experiences would he have with systematic racism. I’ve never been beaten up or shot by cops but does that mean it doesn’t happen? Some people see what they wanna see and ignore what they wanna ignore.