Tory Lanez appeared to be on a one-man campaign to “protect Black men,” and Black Twitter quickly reminded him who really needed protection.
On Monday, Lanez tweeted, “Protect Black men.”
Protect black men.
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) March 21, 2022
The problematic tweet did not go over well.
One person checked the vertically-challenged Canadian about his tone.
“Black men stay protected. “Protect black men” as a response to protect black women is very much giving “all lives matter!”
Black men stay protected. “Protect black men” as a response to protect black women is very much giving “all lives matter”!
— a beautiful nightmare (@according2kilbs) March 22, 2022
Another tweet said it plain that Lanez was not included in that protection.
“Protect innocent Black men. So this doesn’t include you.”
*Protect innocent black men.
So this doesn’t include you.
— Danielle She’s Here (@whyustanning) March 22, 2022
He would never say protect Black women tho.
— MJB Super Fan (@YaMamaBlack) March 22, 2022
Another person reminded Lanez that Black women have always protected Black men.
“Bw been protecting y’all.”
Bw been protecting y’all 😩😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
— FAMOUS WEIRDO ♑️ (@Layacharmion) March 22, 2022
— jacqueline n. 🇳🇬 (@jacqueenin) March 22, 2022
Lmaooo never. pic.twitter.com/xYVSlAeNOm
— Thee First Supervillain 💁🏾♀️✨✨ (@Why_U_Here_) March 22, 2022
Not if they’re shooting black women
— ~Lost In The Sauces (@TyzThePhoenix) March 22, 2022
right…. like let’s focus on this. How y’all want these black women to advocate to us when black men on the regular doin black women dirty?!
— RichieDaSlumpGod || Azealia X Kanye Truther (@kgMINAJ44) March 22, 2022
Lanez doubled down on the dumb sh*it with another ridiculous tweet.
“I don’t care what y’all have to say …. WE ARE BLACK MEN … AND WE MATTER … don’t wait till we are all lynched, lied on and character assassinated to realize they have removed all of our legends and role models from the conversation.”
I don’t care what y’all have to say …. WE ARE BLACK MEN … AND WE MATTER … don’t wait till we are all lynched , lied on and character assassinated to realize they have removed all of our legends and role models from the conversation
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) March 21, 2022
Folks, rightfully, cooked his lame ass again.
Bro do you protect black women?
— zetti (@trapmoneyzetti) March 22, 2022
Ain’t nobody marching for u Otis
— US Rep. Stimmy Hoarder 💰 (@hydr8hoe) March 22, 2022
Make sure you keep the same energy for your black women ..
— BBWSEXGODDESS (@pinkycocan) March 22, 2022
Lanez was charged with felony assault in October 2020 for allegedly shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the foot after they partied together in Los Angeles. He also faces additional charges of using a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury on the Houston native. The two are due back in court on April 5.
The “Say It” rapper maintains his innocence and has called Megan a liar publicly. Last month, the “WAP” rapper posted a now-deleted tweet of a text message from Lanez allegedly apologizing.
“I genuinely want u to know I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart, And I was just too drunk. Nonetheless, s**t should have never happened, and I can’t change what I did. I just feel horrible,” he wrote.
Megan thee Stallion posts text messages of Tory Lanez apologizing to her after their altercation. pic.twitter.com/Chp1bN8oTv
— Rap Alert (@rapalert6) February 23, 2022
On March 22, Lanez took his goofass rhetoric further by caping for Kanye West’s problematic ass by starting a petition to add him back to the Coachella and Grammy performance lineup. He publicly supported the “Jesus Walks” rapper who has come under fire for reportedly harassing his estranged wife, her new beau and anyone who supports her.
I Just made this …. because someone has to … ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾https://t.co/AcjeT0MD5G
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) March 22, 2022
The petition read, “We are watching the industry and fake cancel culture remove all of our legendary black men, black celebrities and black moguls …..from festivals, from our culture and from our lives … and it starts with us …. we must make a change .. so we can keep our black men thriving …we stood for equal rights of black men two years ago with GEORGE FLOYD .. what changed from “then to now” in regards of the protection of BLACK MEN … “a man is not his craft … and the craft should never be judged by the man “don’t let them use our personal life situations to make fake stories that have been misconstrued to hinder and taint our legacies …. STAND FOR US … WE ARE THE BACKBONE OF CULTURE. If we lose this fight, we lose the HEAD of the same culture that we have known and loved and OWNED for the last 2000 years … the BLACK MAN NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED. The first step is PROTECTING OUR CULTURE !! HELP US.”
The document has garnered slightly over 1,000 of the 1,500 signatures requested.
Lanez’s martyrdom of Kanye and his own behavior by comparing himself and Ye to George Floyd is hyperbole. Floyd was murdered by a racist white former cop and was the victim of a white supremacist system. The two rappers have been openly accused of harming women.
With four Black women per day dying at the hands of Black men, Lanez can shut the entire hell up.
