The rapper stood by his comments after being challenged.
Rapper AKA has called on African Americans to “come home” after the death of George Floyd last week., charged with murder and manslaughter after a video of George being pinned down by his neck by an officer went viral.
In the video, George can be heard groaning and repeatedly saying “I can't breathe” to a white officer. Two other officers helped hold him down, while anotherHis death sparked outrage on social media and protests across America and the world. AKA took to Twitter over the weekend to weigh in on the outrage, and said he was confused by the burning of buildings during the protests.People of all colours burning black-owned businesses in Atlanta. When asked why, they reply 'Black Lives Matter'. I’m hella confused,” he wrote.“If all those athletes and movie stars and business people just moved we could all just be nice and soft together,” he said.
While some agreed with the Mega, others questioned his suggestion, asking where they would stay and how they would find employment.ounding “unread, uneducated but most importantly, uncultured". Africa is bigger than China, India, the U.S. and most of Europe ... Combined. You sound unread, uneducated but most importantly, uncultured.
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