Chinese rappers hit back at Lil Pump’s racial slurs amid backlash
- Hip-hop artists release ‘diss tracks’ in response to song preview that includes racial epithets and a gesture that is offensive to Asians
- Clip has been met with anger in China, with internet users flooding the 18-year-old’s Instagram account and demanding an apology
Chinese hip-hop artists have fired back at American rapper Lil Pump, releasing “diss tracks” in response to a song preview he posted on Instagram that included racial epithets and a gesture that is offensive to Asians.
Lil Pump’s 40-second preview clip for his new single Butterfly Doors includes the lyrics, “Smokin’ on dope, they call me Yao Ming ’cause my eyes real low! (Ching chong!)”.
As he raps, the 18-year-old pulls the corners of his eyes. Both “ching chong” and the slant-eye gesture are racist caricatures of Asians.
Lil Pump, whose real name is Gazzy Garcia, is a Colombian-American rapper best known for his 2017 hit Gucci Gang.
His latest offering has been met with anger in China since it was posted on Sunday, with internet users flooding the rapper’s Instagram account calling him out for racism and demanding an apology.