Kodak Black's music banned from LA radio station after disrespecting Nipsey Hussle and his girlf
American rapper Kodak Black has been slammed by fans and celebrities after revealing plans to pursue Nipsey Hussle’s girlfriend.
Hussle was Lauren London's partner, with who he had a two-year-old son, Kross. The rapper also had a daughter, Emani, from a previous relationship.
Less than a week after Hussle’s violent death, 21-year-old Black, real name Bill K. Kapri, revealed in an Instagram Live video that he planned to pursue London.
Hussle died after being shot five times outside his shop Marathon Clothing in South Los Angeles on March 31, in an attack which also wounded two other people.
CCTV footage showed Nipsey aged 33, engaged in a conversation with the suspect before the shooting.
The rapper was taken to an LA hospital, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
In an Instagram Live broadcast on April 6, Black made comments that suggested he would give Lauren London a year to grieve for Hussle before romantically pursuing her. “She about to be out here single,” he said of the actor. “I’ll be the best man I can be for her. I’ll give her a whole year. She might need a whole year to be crying and shit for him.”
In the video, the Wake Up In The Sky rapper said:
She gonna be a whole widow. I’ll be the best man I can be for her. I’ll give her a whole year.
She might need a whole year crying and sh*t.
One person could be heard saying that Black is trying to ‘shoot his shot’, but the rapper maintains he could console London, adding:
I trying to be that friend to holler on… that shoulder to lean on… you can call my line.
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Black has since addressed his comments. “If I disrespected you, Lauren London, in any shape or form, I’m sorry,” he said in a follow-up video. “Even though I didn’t […] Yeah I say what I said.”
Now, Justin Credible, a DJ from LA’s Power 106 station has pledged not to play Black’s music anymore. “We stand with the family of Nipsey Hussle and are appalled by the disrespectful and poor comments made by Kodak Black,” he tweeted. “With that, Power 106 will not support Kodak Black’s music.”
After seeing the backlash from fans and celebrities for his appalling comments, the 21-year-old rapper returned to social media over the weekend to kind of offer an apology to Lauren London.
'If I disrespected you Lauren London, in any shape or form, I'm sorry,' said the Wake Up in the Sky creator on Instagram Live.
'Hell yeah, I said what I said.
'What the f***? Y'all expect her to be single forever? I said I'll give her a year to grieve and cry. Hell yeah, she a bad b****.'
However, Kodak Black changed his tune later, after being slammed by T.I. and The Game, and getting his music banned by DJ Justin Credible from Los Angeles' Power 106 station, “We stand with the family of Nipsey Hussle and are appalled by the disrespectful and poor comments made by Kodak Black,” he tweeted. “With that, Power 106 will not support Kodak Black’s music.
T.I. and The Game also slammed him for the comments. T.I. told Kodak in an Instagram video to “fix that shit quickly, expeditiously.” He added: “If I see you, I’ma say it to your face. You outta pocket, n***a. Get your motherfucking self together.”
The Game accused Kodak Black of disrespecting Hussle’s “name, legacy, [and] his family.” He warned him to keep Hussle and Lauren London’s names “out of your fucking mouth.” “This new generation, y’all fucked up in the head.”
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TI has a message for Kodak Black regarding his comments about Lauren London and Nipsey Hussle
One Twitter user wrote:
Kodak black is a disrespectful lil [sic] sh*t. How can you go on your platform and tell the whole world how Lauren London is single now and you giving her a 1 until you jump on her.
The man hadn’t been even spent a week in the ground and you already disrespecting his wife.
See his apology:
'If I disrespected you Lauren London, in any shape or form, I'm sorry,' he offered later after ruminating on the situation.
'Even though I didn't. And rest in peace to dude. Y'all already know what I said. I said dude encouraged me to do s*** for the community. 'My bad, to them two.
'But, anyhow. But for all you other people trying to fake act like you little boying me on the internet or checking me on the internet, that's how you wanna feel....
'Wherever y'all see me at, if that's how you feel, that's how you feel. Don't try to little boy me on the internet.'
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My view: This is complete disrespect, tasteless and disgusting. Kodak Black, should remember that Nipsey Hussle was brutally murdered, so stop being insensitive and childish, there's just no need for the attention seeking self-promo. Just because you're worth over $600k doesn't mean you have to be disrespectful. I don't think his music should be banned because he made a terrible error of judgement, at the wrong time. he's just an immature 21-year-old, some 18-21 year olds act more like kids/teens than adults? Trump has said worst things about people and he's still the president. Even Nipsey wouldn't want Kodak's music banned, Hussle was such a kind beautiful soul. I think etiquette/respect should be taught as a compulsory subject in schools in the western world, from elementary or primary to secondary or high school level. Moral Education from an early age aims to teach values like respect, maybe it'll stop stabbings and gun violence by some young adults, who have no regard for human life and respect for their elders. Just look at what that evil 29-year-old Eric Holder has done to Nipsey's family, his community/country and the world, because Nipsey's brutal murder has touched so many people around the world. The only solution to gun violence in America is complete and total ban of all guns.