Kevin Liles Defends Hip Hop Music Following Takeoff’s Death

Young Thug and Gunna‘s label head Kevin Liles is campaigning for their liberty, and he’s likewise dismissing the idea hip hop culture played a part in Takeoff‘s death.

Kevin assisted cultivate Migos’ profession with Coach K and Pee Thomas and Wednesday early morning on “The Breakfast Club,” he regreted Takeoff’s slaying — blaming it more on Black-on-Black conditioning and the “oppressive” U.S.A. for disappointing Black individuals’s worths.

He pointed out numerous concerns … illiteracy, hardship, bigotry and weapons themselves as the culture’s real killers, and chalked up rap artists’ specific lyrics to basic education.

When pushed by Charlamagne about the material of rap artists’ lyrics and their prospective mental impact, Kevin deflected and pointed out Johnny Cash, Freddie Mercury and even Bob Marley‘s tune “I Shot the Sheriff” as equivalent cases.

Later in the interview, Kevin called Young Thug and Gunna “pillars” of the neighborhood in the middle of their massive RICO case, and called out the justice system for having them sit behind bars for almost a year ahead of the trial.

Kevin believes their case will threaten the advancement of future Spike Lees or Steven Spielbergs — as prosecuting rap artists for choose tune lyrics might eventually suppress imagination in all art kinds.