This past weekend, actor Eric Andre voiced his frustrations against the hip-hop community on Twitter for their support of rising rappers Kodak Black and XXXTentacion.
To begin his rant, Andre highlights a contradiction in hip-hop, posing the question, “Why are we not ok with neo nazis but we listen to rappers who beat and rape women??? #humanrights.” He then called out Kodak Black and XXXTentacion specifically, backing his claims by sharing articles that discussed hip-hop’s history of supporting of the controversial rappers.
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Continuing his rant, Andre tweeted that he was “upset” at World Star Hip Hop for supporting the Florida rappers and explained that, “racism, sexism, homophobia – it’s all bigotry. it is all part of the same systemic evil that keeps people subservient and disenfranchised.”
XXXTentacion, who allegedly attacked his pregnant girlfriend last October, responded to the comedian in a now-deleted tweet saying, “because not everything you hear on the internet is true, you should be adult enough to know that & support the youth before degrading them.”
Andre concluded his thoughts by offering statistics from One Billion Rising, a campaign created to end violence against women. “1 out of 3 women are beat, raped, or murdered in their lifetime. that’s 1 billion women. Shits got to stop. No more apathy or indifference.”
Check out Eric Andre’s tweets below.
i was only talking about XXXTENTACION and Kodak Black. i think people are confused. I sound like fucking Tipper Gore.
— Eric Andre (@ericandre) August 19, 2017
i hear people complaining about racism but turning a blind eye towards sexism. violence against women is wrong. does that make more sense?
— Eric Andre (@ericandre) August 19, 2017
i was just looking at World Star Hip Hop on my IG and they’re always promoting XXX and Kodak Black. and i got upset.
— Eric Andre (@ericandre) August 19, 2017
i was like, why can i complain about racism freely, but criticize a rapper’s sexism and everyone gets butt hurt.
— Eric Andre (@ericandre) August 19, 2017
racism, sexism, homophobia – it’s all bigotry. it is all part of the same systemic evil that keeps people subservient and disenfranchised.
— Eric Andre (@ericandre) August 19, 2017