Justine Skye spoke on her experiences with domestic violence on social media and in recent interviews.
The “Build” singer took to Instagram to explain the visuals to the song:
“As [Domestic Violence] Awareness month comes to an end.. the issue doesn’t just disappear. Recently I’ve had one of the scariest/heart breaking experiences in my life and it’s still hard for me to talk about. I felt stupid, angry, depressed.. blamed myself. Trying to figure out how someone who claimed they loved me so much could find such evil within themselves to hurt me mentally and physically. I had to find the strength within myself and I’m hoping that through this video I can motivate whoever else is going through this or worse, to do the same. You are strong, you are loved and you deserve so much better.”
The Brooklyn singer explicitly refrained from naming her abuser, but the Internet detectives identified him as Sheck Wes.
Fans began naming people who she was connected with and Skye subsequently liked a tweet that mentions the “Mo Bamba” rapper. “It’s probably tough as hell for her to watch her abuser’s star rise the way his has recently,” the user wrote.
https://twitter.com/buttaflymusic/status/1064168562565267456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1064168562565267456&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotnewhiphop.com%2Fjustine-skye-appears-to-accuse-sheck-wes-of-abusive-behaviour-news.64832.html
https://twitter.com/stopchrissy/status/1064211976946094080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1064211976946094080&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotnewhiphop.com%2Fjustine-skye-appears-to-accuse-sheck-wes-of-abusive-behaviour-news.64832.html
yep girl. it’s probably tough as hell for her to watch her abuser’s star rise the way his has recently. fuck him.
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(@LO4O4) November 16, 2018
After stirring up the pot, Justine Skye tweeted, “I never said who it was because I knew it wouldn’t matter to a lot of you,” she wrote. “It’s just something for you to talk about today. That’s just the reality of it. But I made a video about it in hopes that it can inspire someone else get away for their abusive partner.. That was my goal.”
Wes has not commented on the accusations.
I never said who it was because I knew it wouldn’t matter to a lot of you.. it’s just something for you to talk about today. That’s just the reality of it.
But I made a video about it in hopes that it can inspire someone else get away for their abusive partner.. That was my goal— Justine Skye (@JustineSkye) November 18, 2018