Lil Yachty has been called out over a controversial lyric that references the death of George Floyd.
On a stream with Plaqueboymax, Yachty played an unreleased track from an upcoming project with the song including the line: “Put my knee up on her neck, I went George Floyd.”
The line did not go over well with fans nor NBA legend Stephen Jackson, who grew up with Floyd in Houston.
In a social media video, Jackson tore into Yachty, saying: “Lil Yachty, bro. You been wack, my n-gga. But you think you saying George Floyd name, and trying to use his name in a bar, that’s gonna make people like your wack-ass music, my n-gga? That shit weak. Y’all the only era that feel like demeaning the dead and saying that shit is cool, my n-gga. It ain’t.
He added: “Don’t ever say his name, bro. None of ya’ll knew G, nothing about him. But y’all wanna say his name for clout. That’s some weak-ass shit, Yachty. Let somebody die in your family, we gonna do a whole skit about it. And see how funny it is, bro. Cut that shit out.”
“Ya music been wack… don’t ever say his name bro.. only you wack SAMBO ass niggas that do shit like that”
-Stephen Jackson calls out Lil Yachty for using George Floyd name in a wack rap https://t.co/RUlCj72XRB pic.twitter.com/oPWEMc58HW
— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) August 15, 2025
Yachty has yet to respond to the backlash.
The rapper was also recently called out by his former friend and collaborator Karrahbooo over his treatment of women.
The female MC acrimoniously departed the Concrete Boys last year and renewed her attacks on her one time mentor.
In a series of posts on social media, Karrahbooo blasted Yachty for how he has treated her and kept her locked into a record deal.
She wrote: “U have a daughter and u treating women like this is mindblowing like I know u never see her but still that doesn’t make sense how evil this man is to women (not just me).”
Karrahbooo added: “I’m tired of y’all tryna bully me and I’m tired of y’all dickeating this man because he is a big artist with a lot of money y’all believing everything he says. He said he dropped me I’m still signed he said he would show y’all receipts of me owing 900k LMAO where they at we still waiting I told him to put it on his kid that he wrote all my songs he ain’t respond. I’m a mean person is crazy as well as everyone I meet has nothing but nice things to say about me this shit annoying asf and it’s taken up a year of my life evil asf.”
