Rapper Lil Yachty calls Black Lives Matter a 'scam,' BLM issues blistering response
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The rapper referenced BLM's purchase of a $6 million mansion using donor funds
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Rapper Lil Yachty told cooking show host and influencer Quenlin Blackwell that  (BLM) "was literally a scam" on an episode of her popular YouTube show.

Blackwell, who hosts  on the video-sharing platform and talks to various famous guests, asked Yachty how much he's spent on charitable contributions so far this year. When the rapper mentioned that the year had just started, the host asked what contributions he'd made over the previous two years, also asking if BLM was one of the causes he's donated to.

Yachty responded, saying, "Well, that year, yeah, that's a good year. It's just blurry because I be doing so much."

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Blackwell, who is African-American herself, told the rapper that she does "care about Black people," and that she's "literally the most pro-Black person in this room."

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Blackwell, who is African-American herself, told the rapper that she does "care about Black people," and that she's "literally the most pro-Black person in this room."

 in 2022 after their lavish home purchase was exposed by  According to the report, "The California property was purchased for nearly $6 million in cash in October 2020 with money that had been donated to BLMGNF (Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation)."

The report caused the activist organization to respond on Twitter.

"There have been a lot of questions surrounding recent reports about the purchase of Creator’s House in California," the Black Lives Matter official Twitter account posted.

"Despite past efforts, BLMGNF recognizes that there is more work to do to increase transparency and ensure transitions in leadership are clear," it added.

In subsequent tweets, BLM called a flurry of reports looking into the group's finances "inflammatory and speculative" and blamed them for "causing harm." The reports "do not reflect the totality of the movement," the organization claimed.

At the time, BLMGNF board member Shalomyah Bowers emailed a statement to the New York Magazine reporter claiming that the organization purchased the property "with the intention for it to serve as housing and studio space for recipients of the Black Joy Creators Fellowship," a program that was reportedly announced the next day as providing "recording resources and dedicated space for Black creatives to launch content online and in real life focused on abolition, healing justice, urban agriculture and food justice, pop culture, activism, and politics."





Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors came under fire in 2022 for using donations to purchase $6 million mansion.  (Getty Images)

BLM came under fire in 2022 after their lavish home purchase was exposed by  According to the report, "The California property was purchased for nearly $6 million in cash in October 2020 with money that had been donated to BLMGNF (Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation)."

The report caused the activist organization to respond on Twitter.

"There have been a lot of questions surrounding recent reports about the purchase of Creator’s House in California," the Black Lives Matter official Twitter account posted.

"Despite past efforts, BLMGNF recognizes that there is more work to do to increase transparency and ensure transitions in leadership are clear," it added.

In subsequent tweets, BLM called a flurry of reports looking into the group's finances "inflammatory and speculative" and blamed them for "causing harm." The reports "do not reflect the totality of the movement," the organization claimed.

At the time, BLMGNF board member Shalomyah Bowers emailed a statement to the New York Magazine reporter claiming that the organization purchased the property "with the intention for it to serve as housing and studio space for recipients of the Black Joy Creators Fellowship," a program that was reportedly announced the next day as providing "recording resources and dedicated space for Black creatives to launch content online and in real life focused on abolition, healing justice, urban agriculture and food justice, pop culture, activism, and politics."



_Fox News Digital's Kristine Parks and Ronn Blitzer contributed to this report._

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