If you don’t have anything nice to say about Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” movie, I would advise you to keep your mouth closed. Back in December, Chicago emcee Chance The Rapper slammed the movie stating, “Let me be the one from Chicago to personally tell you we not supporting this film out here. That sh*t get ZERO love out here. Sh*t is goofy and it’s a bunch of ppl from NOT around here telling you to support that sh*t. The people that made that sh*t didn’t do so to ‘Save Lives.’ It’s exploitive and problematic.”
The hype surrounding the film has come and gone, but Lee still has some bitter feelings towards Chance. On Wednesday, during a Q&A session at Northwestern University, Lee had a few harsh words for Chance stating, “Chance the Rapper’s a fraud. Straight-up fraud. He puts himself up as a speaker of the people, but that means you have to put truths that you see. That doesn’t mean you can pick and choose what you talk about.”
Lee also felt it necessary to call out Chance’s father, Ken Bennett, who has worked for Barack Obama, but now works with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stating, “he was on the mayor’s payroll just like his father”.
A Northwestern University student came to Chance’s defense and brought up the rapper’s community service outreach, but nonetheless, Lee left with a standing ovation.
Check out the photo a young Chance and Lee below!
