‘Literally A Scam’: Grammy-Winning Rapper Goes Off On Black Lives Matter In New Interview

President Donald Trump sailed into office with the support of a wide cross-section of voters, including a spike in support among Black Americans.

One reason for his increased appeal within that community appears to be increased disillusionment regarding leftist organizations like Black Lives Matter.

Lil Yachty, a Grammy Award-winning rapper, recently weighed in on the group during a heated portion of a recent interview.

According to the Daily Caller:

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Yachty criticized Black Lives Matter (BLM) as a “scam” on the March 2 episode of YouTuber Quenlin Blackwell’s show.

Lil Yachty and Blackwell were engaged in a conversation about the famous rapper’s spending habits, which triggered the BLM comments.

“You spent $100,000 on a trip to Disney World. How much have you spent on charitable causes?” Blackwell said. Lil Yachty appeared surprised by the apparent attack and dismissed the comments by noting the year had just begun.

Blackwell pushed back by asking what he had done in prior years, and seemed to sarcastically ask about his potential involvement in the BLM movement.

“BLM? Because you want to be so black powered?” Blackwell said. Lil Yachty interjected by declaring, “BLM is a scam!”

Blackwell was visibly taken aback by his response, and told her viewers to “clip that, send it to the fucking news,” but Lil Yachty dug his heels in and doubled down on his accusation.

“BLM was literally a scam,” he said. “They had bought mansions.”

Reports of fraud and mismanagement at the highest levels of the BLM organization have received significant social media attention in recent years:

Only 33% of BLM’s $90M in donations helped charitable foundations https://t.co/hQYYtBMp5Y pic.twitter.com/cOUmM9YBeK

— New York Post (@nypost) May 27, 2023

Food for thought: Millions donated to BLM to help Black communities was instead spent to push the LGB and specifically the TQIA+ agenda on youth. pic.twitter.com/BuG9rHHUm7

— DownloadCode💎 (@Official_DC) March 12, 2025

"Maybe, if the founders had been as committed to social justice as to enriching themselves, BLM could have enjoyed a long life as a progressive institution."

— Anna Demidchik (@A_Demidchik) October 23, 2024

The Trump administration recently made headlines for plans to remove the “BLM Plaza” set up near the White House.

While the move was unsurprisingly supported among many of the president’s supporters, some D.C. insiders said that the plan even resonated with a number of Democrats.

Per KOMO News:

Armstrong Williams, who is known as a Washington insider, joined The National News Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat Monday to discuss this and more.

Williams said some Democrats appear to be abandoning “wokeness” and progressiveness, noting that they seem to be starting to “move where the American people are.”

He and Jeffcoat also talked about D.C.’s plans to remove the two-block long “Black Lives Matter” street mural outside the White House. Work began on Monday to deconstruct the massive mural, with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser saying she decided to removing it to “ease tensions” with the Trump administration.

When it comes to D.C., Williams said the White House is more concerned about eradicating gun violence and helping homeless people.

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