LaRussell has released what he’s called a "final statement" in response to the backlash he's received over a recently previewed song.
On Saturday (March 14), the Bay Area rapper shared a clip of him performing a track that hears him say that controversial figures Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Adolf Hitler are "heaven-sent."
After already responding once to the ensuing backlash from fans and public figures alike, the rapper took to X again on Thursday (March 19) to call out what he believes to be "selective outrage and fake righteousness" at the root of the controversy, claiming people have been complicit in their support of individuals who have been equally reprehensible.
"Y'all been complicit in supporting serial killers, murderers, drug dealers, pimps, and n****s destroying the community for yeeeeaaaars!!!!" he wrote. "But me saying God made me and he also made these sick ass n****s is where the line is drawn?"
"CUT IT OUT," LaRussell continued. "If you gone be outraged be outraged about it all!"
His response somewhat echoes what was said on Wednesday’s (March 18) episode of The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show. In the conversation, which starts around the 34:20 mark in the video below, Ebro said he "wasn’t triggered by this, like everyone else," to which Rosenberg added, "Me neither."
"I don’t see what the big controversy is," Ebro added.
Ebro argued that those outside of hip-hop should not be bothered by what LaRussell said, considering what has come out of the genre before.
"We’ve had rappers kill their baby moms. We’ve had egregious B.I.G. lyrics about his friends and what they do to kids and throw them over bridges," the radio host said. "We’ve had all types of things in hip-hop. If that sent you into a bad place, and you’re a hip-hop fan, shut the f up."
Rosenberg classified the song "provocative," but also understood that a part of LaRussell wanted to troll or rage bait people into creating a conversation or getting a reaction, and as Laura Stylez put it, "Mission accomplished."
Stylez also introduced a recent social media post from LaRussell where he clarifies the message he was trying to get across by naming Trump, Epstein and Hitler as "heaven-sent."
"There’s no way n****s hear that clip, and they like, 'You support Epstein,'" he said. "When the world be in despair, sometimes you need realization, and that realization for me, through this song, was like, 'Damn, the same God who created Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, who did so many great things, is the same God that created Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, who did so many evil things."
"And it’s crazy, the range of what a human life is capable of," he continued. "It’s capable of changing the world, and detrimenting the world. That’s the purpose of the song."
