Words by Roman White
Nipsey Hussle is facing criticism online for a seemingly homophobic Instagram post. On Monday, the Crenshaw rapper posted a picture of a group of tuxedo-dressed young Black men and adults with the caption, “Demonstration speaks louder than Conversation. They gone feed us every image of our men and boys but this one. No hyper violent… no homo sexual… No abandoners… JUS STRONG BLAC MEN AND YOUNG Men. RESPECT TO MY BIG HOMIE @BIGU1 for leading with love and intelligence. GOD IS WITH US WHO CAN GO AGAINST US.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdsdgXbBM-A/?hl=en&taken-by=nipseyhussle
The response to the “Killa” writer’s post which some have called “tone deaf” was quick, but Nipsey stood by his statement and defended it in a series of statuses on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/BRashadBeal/status/950439188595335168
https://twitter.com/HOSEAXXI/status/950469929576181760
https://twitter.com/scamberrose/status/950476644623568896
https://twitter.com/animalfriesback/status/950425679706832896
“I ain’t gotta be politically correct because I ain’t standing on Nobody else’s platform,” said the ‘Victory Lap’ rapper in one tweet. “I believe in LOVE and acceptance but u ain’t gone piss on my head and tell me it’s raining….NONE. I see Whas going on. Y’all should too.” Nipsey also quoted Dave Chappelle’s newest Netflix Stand-up special in a tweet saying, “the whole world has turned into b***h ass n***as.”
“the whole world has turned into bitch ass niggas” –@Dave_Chappelle
No pun intended https://t.co/2eG5labJeu
— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) January 9, 2018
Nipsey Hussle is no stranger to this type of controversy. In 2015, Hussle man came under fire for responding to a tweet calling black women “a disgrace to black culture.” The rapper responded to the Twitter post calling it “True S**T.” Nipsey was also dating half-Black actress Lauren London at the time.
Top Dawg Entertainment President, Punch, came to Nipsey’s defense on Twitter. “It’s crazy out of everything positive @NipseyHussle said in that ig post, ppl chose to focus on the one part they deem as being homophobic,” said Punch.
https://twitter.com/iamstillpunch/status/950539145033564161
Nip had a big end to 2017 releasing his first single “Rap N****s” from his ‘Victory Lap’ album and signing a partnership deal with Atlantic Records – a deal that Nipsey has sought out since launching his independent career. However, a controversy like this is capable of causing a shakeup with the partner label. Atlantic Records has not yet released a statement on Hussle’s comments.