Lil Yachty dropped a tone-deaf bar throughout a livestream and now he’s catching severe flak after name-dropping George Floyd in a line that p##### off Floyd’s household and pals.

He rapped: “Put my knee up on her neck, I went George Floyd” throughout a dwell session with rapper Plaqueboymax on August 14. Once it hit the web, individuals weren’t feeling it.

Social media lit up with people calling the road flat-out foul and tasteless, particularly contemplating Floyd’s loss of life is likely one of the most painful and public tragedies in latest reminiscence.

Terrence Floyd, George’s brother, didn’t maintain again when requested how he felt.

He told journalist Loren LoRosa from The Breakfast Club, “I believe it’s inconsiderate. Sometimes this generation doesn’t pay attention to what they say they just want to make a song and just get on the charts and really feel like the people listening will accept it because of who he is. It’s really inconsiderate you should think about what you’re writing.. it may make sense to you, but think about the impact to others.”

He continued, “People are sending the clip to me. I want the line changed. Let my brother rest in peace. It disturbs the family’s peace. There has to be a better message behind any mention of George Floyd’s name. So his legacy can live on beyond what chauvin did to him.”

Stephen Jackson, a former NBA participant and longtime buddy of George Floyd, additionally went in on Yachty. In a video put up, Jackson stated, “Lil Yachty, bro. You been wack, my n####. But you think you saying George Floyd name and trying to use his name in a bar, that’s gonna make people like your wack-ass music, my n####? That’s weak.”

“Y’all the only era that feel like demeaning the dead and saying that s### is cool. It ain’t,” he stated. “Y’all wanna say his name for clout. That’s some weak-ass s###, Yachty. Let somebody die in your family, we gonna do a whole skit about it. And see how funny it is. Cut that s### out.”

George Floyd was killed in 2020 by former police officer Derek Chauvin, whose knee pressed into Floyd’s neck for over 9 minutes throughout an arrest in Minneapolis. Floyd repeatedly informed officers he couldn’t breathe.

His homicide sparked world protests and Chauvin was later convicted and sentenced to over 22 years in jail.

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