There has been so many takes on the tragic death of rapper Takeoff, who was shot over a dice game in Houston. Hollywood actor, Lakeith Stanfield, seized the opportunity to air his views on gangsta rap.
“If you are for gangsta rap you can’t also be for Black,” Stanfield wrote in an Instagram post. In the caption, he went on to offer a more in-depth explanation.
“The dangerous toxicity associated with this glorified black serial killer and killed music and imagery got people thinking it’s cool to hurt those that look like them and ONLY them,” he wrote.
“It’s ok to embrace the realities of life in the harder areas but let’s think about NOT holding up this behavior in our circles. Let’s make it cool to embrace life, travel, and learn new things! I know that scope of issues we have to contend with is much larger than just this and that we have a lot of work to do in many areas to restore our hearts and minds after centuries of persecution and manipulation, but we have to start somewhere.”
LaKeith Stanfield continued:
“At some level, we have to see our lives as valuable so that we think before we react and see another human when we look at a Human man. We must stop holding self-destructive s**t up and embrace things that build us a whole so that we can lead the world in the direction of prosperity by example. Getting reckless now and again is part of who we are but for the most part…Turn that stupid s**t off.”
Takeoff whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, was one third of rap trio Migos alongside his uncle, Quavo and cousin once removed, Offset, was shot over a dice game on November 1.