Lil Yachty shared his opinion last week that the social and political movement Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a “scam” during his appearance on Quenlin Blackwell’s YouTube channel.
During the interview, the Atlanta rapper was asked how much he spent on charitable endeavors this year. When Yachty had trouble naming anything, Quenlin threw out the Black Lives Matter movement, which Boat quickly lambasted.
“BLM? Since you want to be so Black power,” Blackwell suggested, to which he responded, “BLM is a scam.”
“Clip that! Send it to the fucking news,” Blackwell jokingly fired back.
“BLM was a—it was literally a scam,” Yachty explained. “They had bought mansions.”
Lil Boat’s comments refer to a California building which BLM referred to as its “creator’s house.” The group addressed public reaction to the purchase in a 2022 statement.
The Black Lives Matter movement exploded in 2020 after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, with chapters across the globe raising $90 million in one year.
In 2022, the BLMGNF came under fire for reportedly using donation funds to buy a $6 million California mansion. In June of 2023, a fraud lawsuit claiming the organization was mismanaging funds was thrown out in court.
Lil Yachty says Black Lives Matter was a SCAM during a cooking show with Quenlin Blackwell:
“BLM is a scam… BLM was literally a scam. They had bought mansions.” pic.twitter.com/stHoVReAhh
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) March 12, 2025
