{"id":2412836,"date":"2025-03-12T13:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapper-lil-yachty-slams-black-lives-matter-as-a-scam-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:14:58","slug":"rapper-lil-yachty-slams-black-lives-matter-as-a-scam-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapper-lil-yachty-slams-black-lives-matter-as-a-scam-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Lil Yachty slams Black Lives Matter as a \u2018scam\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frapper-lil-yachty-slams-black-lives-matter-as-a-scam-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412836&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rapper Lil Yachty slams Black Lives Matter as a &lsquo;scam&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2036851\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Grammy Award-nominated rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lil Yachty<\/a> is going viral after slamming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/black-lives-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Black Lives Matter<\/a> as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scam<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The artist, born Miles McCollum, criticized the organization behind the movement on Quenlin Blackwell&rsquo;s &ldquo;FEEDING STARVING CELEBRITIES&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">YouTube<\/a> series after he was asked, while making pancakes, how much he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">donated<\/a> to charitable causes, including Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3345032\/congressional-republicans-demand-ioc-align-with-trump-transgender-athletes-order-los-angeles-olympics\/\">Congressional Republicans demand IOC align with Trump trans athletes order ahead of LA Olympics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3344819\/jared-golden-slams-democrats-veterans-unnecessary-fear-funding-bill\/\">Golden slams Democrats for causing veterans &#8216;unnecessary&#8217; fear after voting yes on funding bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3344968\/canada-retaliates-tariffs-us-goods-trade-war-trump\/\">Canada retaliates with tariffs worth $21 billion amid trade war with Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;BLM is scam,&rdquo; Lil Yachty, 27, said. <\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"658\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JzQJ-Cmeht0\" title=\"FEEDING STARVING CELEBRITIES FT. LIL YACHTY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clip that!&rdquo; Blackwell responded. &ldquo;Send it the f****** news!&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The rapper continued, pointing to the financial track record of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was literally a scam,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They had bought mansions, and you probably wouldn&rsquo;t know anything about it [because] you don&rsquo;t care about black people, and you don&rsquo;t follow black news.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell said she did care about black people and asked Lil Yachty to look at &ldquo;my chocolate&rdquo; while rubbing her skin, and the conversation switched to a laugh-filled debate over who was more diverse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DC locals share emotions as Black Lives Matter Plaza is dismantled. In its place will be a mural honoring the nation&#8217;s 250th birthday next year.<\/p>\n<p>DETAILS: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L0nmjbTOfW\">https:\/\/t.co\/L0nmjbTOfW<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/washingtondc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#washingtondc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blacklivesmatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blacklivesmatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MurielBowser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MurielBowser<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkGwq0y5tP\">pic.twitter.com\/HkGwq0y5tP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1899155447593992672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>However, the facts appear to support the rapper&rsquo;s allegation that BLM is indeed a &ldquo;scam.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the Black Lives Matter foundation took in over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/854719\/black-lives-matter-foundation-raised-more-than-90m-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">$90 million in donations<\/a> following the death of George Floyd, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1082429\/black-lives-matter-charity-strapped-with-major-legal-and-cash-woes-three-years-after-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">millions were steered toward friends and family<\/a> of co-founder Patrisse Cullors, a self-identified Marxist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Among those purchases was a swanky $6 million Los Angeles mansion where Cullors threw parties,&rdquo; the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reported. &ldquo;The National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog, later alleged in an April 2022 IRS complaint that the BLM charity&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/black-lives-matters-6-million-mansion-a-clear-violation-of-irs-law-watchdog-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">could face criminal or civil penalties<\/a>&nbsp;for illegally using the mansion for the benefit of Cullors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3244610\/four-big-deadlines-2025-trump-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOUR BIG DEADLINES IN 2025 THAT WILL TEST GOP TRIFECTA LEADERSHIP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cullors resigned in May 2021 following legal scrutiny relating to her real estate purchases.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, demolition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342293\/construction-crews-begin-dismantling-blm-plaza-near-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Black Lives Matter Plaza<\/a> began in Washington, D.C. 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