Rapper Lil Yachty didn’t hold back when he called Black Lives Matter a “scam” during an appearance on social media personality Quenlin Blackwell’s YouTube cooking show, “Feeding Starving Celebrities.”
Lil Yachty, whose real name is Miles Parks McCollum, was the featured guest in last week’s episode of the show, where Blackwell teaches hungry celebrities how to cook.
The rapper’s BLM comments came during an ambush from Blackwell about his spending habits and charitable giving.
While preparing scrambled pancakes, Blackwell pressed the rapper about his financial priorities. “You spent $100,000 on a trip to Disney World. How much have you spent on charitable causes?” the 24-year-old influencer asked.
Lil Yachty says Black Lives Matter was a SCAM during a cooking show with Quenlin Blackwell:
“BLM is a scam… BLM was literally a scam. They had bought mansions.” pic.twitter.com/stHoVReAhh
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) March 12, 2025
Appearing caught off guard, Lil Yachty initially tried to dodge the question, pointing out that “this year technically just started.”
But Blackwell pushed for specifics, asking, “What about last year? What about the year before last year?”
The 27-year-old rapper, struggling to recall, vaguely responded, “Oh, well that year, that’s a good year, yeah. It’s just blurry, I’ve been doing so much.”
RIP Black Lives Matter Plaza (2020-25) pic.twitter.com/QdUat52cC1
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 10, 2025
When Blackwell pointedly brought up the Black Lives Matter movement—saying, “BLM? Because you want to be so black powered?”—Lil Yachty didn’t hesitate to fire back. “BLM is a scam,” he declared, cutting her off.
Blackwell, visibly stunned, encouraged her viewers to “clip that, send it to the f***ing news.” But the rapper didn’t hesitate to push the contentious interview even further.
“BLM was literally a scam. They bought mansions,” he asserted, referring to the movement’s financial scandals.
As the conversation escalated, Lil Yachty suggested Blackwell was uninformed about BLM’s controversies.
“You probably wouldn’t know anything about it because you don’t care about Black people. You don’t follow Black news,” he said.
Blackwell defended herself, insisting, “I do care about Black people. Look at my chocolate.”
“That’s a disguise,” the rapper shot back, prompting Blackwell to claim, “I’m the most pro-Black person in this room.”
Lil Yachty, however, pointed out what he saw as hypocrisy, noting that Blackwell had an “all white staff.” She quickly countered, saying her team members were “PoC,” an acronym for people of color.
One of Blackwell’s staff members, off-camera, added, “and I’m gay,” to which Lil Yachty hilarously quipped, “I too have a gay.”
The Black Lives Matter movement gained global attention in 2020 following the death of George Floyd, with its chapters collectively raising a staggering $90 million in a single year.
However, the organization soon faced widespread scrutiny over financial mismanagement and questionable spending.
One of the most infamous scandals involved the revelation that BLM leaders used $6 million in donations to purchase a 6,500-square-foot mansion in Southern California.
Here’s the $6 million mansion BLM reportedly bought with donated funds https://t.co/JO8M8DnnsF pic.twitter.com/xSFEjEGspK
— New York Post (@nypost) April 5, 2022
The property, which features six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a swimming pool, a soundstage, and office space, was allegedly intended to serve as a “campus for a Black artists fellowship.”
The purchase sparked outrage among grassroots activists, who claimed the money was never meant for luxury real estate.
Black Lives Matter Grassroots Inc., a collective of local organizers, filed a lawsuit in 2022 against the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. (BLM GNF), accusing its leadership of financial deception and locking out community activists from decision-making.
Despite these accusations, a California judge dismissed the lawsuit in 2023, siding with the national organization.
BLM GNF’s attorneys argued that local activists had no legal claim to the funds and that the accusations of financial wrongdoing were unsubstantiated.
Even as legal battles played out, BLM GNF faced mounting financial troubles. By 2023, reports revealed that the organization was on the brink of bankruptcy after its funds plummeted by $8.5 million the previous year.
This financial freefall occurred while the group was still funneling seven-figure salaries to key staff members.
Among those benefiting from BLM’s questionable financial practices was the brother of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors.
Here’s the cofounder of BLM sipping champagne on the patio of the $6.5M mansion she bought in a nearly all white enclave in L.A. pic.twitter.com/UeqBcJS48d
— Sum Facet (@SumFacet) December 7, 2024
Paul Cullors, a graffiti artist with no apparent background in security, established two companies that received $1.6 million in 2022 for “professional security services” to BLM GNF.
In addition to these lucrative contracts, Paul Cullors was also one of the organization’s only two paid employees that year, earning a $126,000 salary as “head of security.”
Despite growing public outrage and ongoing investigations, BLM GNF continued hiring relatives of its founders and close associates.
Patrisse Cullors, who was at the helm of the organization for nearly six years, ultimately resigned in May 2021 amid these scandals.
Watch the Lil Yachty’s full interview on “Feeding Starving Celebrities” here: