Waka Flocka Flame firmly believes that minorities are unable to catch the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. The Atlanta-bred emcee and his emcee and his wife Tammy Rivera recently stopped by Los Angeles’ Real 92.3 to talk on the couples marriage and more, but unfortunately, led the interview with some brutal misinformation that minorities and people of color are unable to contract the deadly disease known as the coronavirus. 

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While the coronavirus has affected the lives of millions of people in Italy and Iran, African nations have not been as severely affected, but his theory on melanated people not being able to contract the virus is extremely ignorant and wrong. For instance, both Utah Jazz players, Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are of African descent and both tested positive for COVID-19 within hours of each other. However, Waka Folka is unconvinced that American minorities can catch the life-threatening disease as he stated around the 11:40 mark of his Los Angeles radio interview:

“It’s fake… Minorities can’t catch it. We all descended from the same persons. Now, did we catch it? It hit the people passing through our airport (Atlanta), it ain’t touch them, soulful folks.”

According to Fox 5 Atlanta, there are a total of 42 confirmed cases in Georgia alone,  2,340 cases in the United States, and 51 total deaths in the United States as of Saturday (March 14). Georgia officials have shut down multiple attractions that gather the masses including the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coke, Six Flags Over Georgia, the Atlanta Motor Speedway, and more. 

Check out Waka Flocka and Tammy Rivera’s full interview on Real 92.3 below and cut to the 11:40-mark of the video to hear the self-proclaimed “wack rapper’s” remarks on minorities being immune to the novel coronavirus.  

Weeks after Pop Smoke was murdered in an affluent area of Los Angeles, there are still many questions circulating about his death. The rapper had just released Meet The Woo 2 and was in a Hollywood Hills residence when he was shot and killed during a home invasion. Following the tragic news, Blueface came forward with a bit of advice for artists who make their way to L.A. Some people thought he was telling rappers to “check in” with streets prior to landing, but in an interview with Bootleg Kev, Blueface stated that wasn’t what he was saying at all.

 
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“The way they took what I was saying like, go find your local hood that’s affiliated with what you—honestly, that’s the last thing I’m promoting,” said Blueface. “If anything, go find you a regular, square that’s got maybe a gun license or permit or even a security guard or even a friend of a friend that can pull up and provide you with the utensils that you need to defend yourself.”

He doubled down that he wasn’t telling rappers who come to Los Angeles to contact gang leaders in order to get permission to move around the city. “That’s the last thing you should do,” the rapper added. “They gonna extort you! F*ck that. We ain’t payin’ nobody sh*t.” Bootleg Kev said he thinks that people need to keep their guard up more than getting the “artillery” they need. “They see the palm trees, they’re in the hills,” and they get distracted. 

Blueface added, “They don’t know that the ‘hood is a 20-minute drive. They coming, for sure.” Watch Blueface with Bootleg Kev on Real 92.3 below.

Prior to signing a major record label deal with RCA Records, Brian Todd Collins, better known by his stage name of Kid Ink had worked with the likes of Nipsey Hussle, Tyga, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, and more. The Los Angeles-based rapper had also earned a selection for the 2012 XXL Freshman Class and sold over two million records as an independent artist. It wasn’t until Jan. 2013 that the “Rich” performer partnered with RCA and now, it looks like Kid Ink has officially severed his relationship with the record label and is returning to his indie roots. 

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The 33-year-old emcee wasted no time revealing his independence during an interview on the Bootleg Kev & DJ Hed show on Real 92.3 LA late last week. Collins revealed that he’s currently sitting on a copious amount of unreleased music due to the creative differences he had with the executive team at RCA. Because of his early success, Kid Ink stated that he been labeled as a radio rapper and wanted to free himself from the perception of not being a multidimensional musician. 

“I don’t know how to express this big news. What do you say? I’m free,” Ink jokingly shouted before continuing, “I’m independent again. Free of RCA. (I’m) back in control so, you know really just having fun.”

DJ Hed asked the “Randy Mos$$” rapper why it was important for him to be back in a space of independence. To which, Kid Ink replied:

“I got to a place where what I wanted to do creatively and the way I wanted to release music, the time frame, the way I think things were switching up with how the way the label usually operated changed for them… It got to a standstill because we just weren’t agreeing on things creatively, marketing-wise, or how things should be put out.”

Kid Ink revealed that he wasn’t used to the bureaucratic politics of being on a major label and that being independent has allowed him to maximize his true potential and creative outlets. 

With the recent release of singles like “Ride Like A Pro” featuring Reo Cragon and “Holy Grail,” we can expect a major resurgence from Kid Ink in 2020 in the form of his upcoming LP, Almost Home 2, expected to drop this year. Check out the rapper’s full interview on Real 92.3 where he discusses his newfound independence (1:50 mark), the birth of his child, and more in the video provided below.