Buddy took to Stage 56 on Tuesday night’s (Feb. 5) Late Late Show, accompanied by A$AP Ferg, to perform his 2018 single “Black” — and to call for a halt to deportation actions against 21 Savage.
Adding to the list of artists speaking out on the arrest of Savage by ICE, Buddy began his set by stating, “Ayo, stop the deportation of 21 Savage,” with Ferg adding, “Free 21.” The Compton rapper then asked, “How many black people we got in the studio audience tonight? Hands up,” before the fast-paced track began.
“Aye, black out the coupe, hop out the roof when I run into you/ Thoughts black as the dark side of the moon, won’t be no truce, won’t be no truce/ At your funeral in an all-black suit, couple white girls rocking all-black too/ Million men march in the all-black boots,” Buddy rapped on the energetic, fast-paced anthem.
Wearing a black suit and t-shirt, Buddy jumped throughout the blue-hued stage alongside all-black leather suit-clad Ferg, as they played off of each other’s distinct stage presence and the camera swooped in and out around them. For the third verse, the rappers raised their fists while Buddy rapped the telling lyrics, “I’m with a Nubian Queen and some illegal aliens/ I got a black fist balled up and it ain’t just me, it’s all us.”
To cap off the fiery performance, the rappers mimicked part of the following lyrics, getting up-close-and-personal to the camera while turning around and pointing while Buddy rapped, “Gucci with the Dapper Dan, tell ’em, “Kiss my black ass”/ Ridin’ on the dyno with black mags, just another black man tryin’ stay up out the casket/ Black don’t crack/ Matter fact, where the fuck our forty acres at?”
Watch Buddy and A$AP Ferg’s full performance on The Late Late Show below.