Yikes! Texas YouTuber Young Mike is speaking out after facing backlash and being dragged online for appearing to use “blackface” in a new prank video.
YouTuber Young Mike Addresses Backlash For Blackface Prank Video: ‘Just Because You Paint Your Body Black, Doesn’t Mean You’re Doing Blackface; I Just Found Out What It Is’
A user on Instagram blasted Young Mike when reposting a screenshot of him with black paint on his face and body. The user wrote, “We on yo a** Young Mike. Dis who y’all f**k with in the city? Embarrassing the f**k out of San Antonio.”
The user added, “It’s sh*t like this that gets motherf**kers killed. Like why was this even a thought peon a** n***a, for real.”
Responding to all of the backlash, Young Mike took to his Instagram and said, “I just found out about blackface and what the f**k. I’m not posting that video ‘cause people are going to think wrong on this prank.” Young Mike then posted a couple of videos to his story to further address the incident.
In his first clip, Young Mike said, “I’m going to address for the all the people thinking bad about my last prank video. I didn’t even post it. I didn’t even do none of that. Because when I seen people reacting to it, it kind of threw me off guard. Because, me doing this video, damn sure ain’t no f**king blackface.”
The YouTuber added, “Just because you paint your body black, that don’t f**king mean that you’re doing blackface. What the f**k is wrong with these people? N***a can’t even do a prank video no more.
You can’t even do a gay prank video without offending the gay peoples. You can’t do a Black prank video, without offending the Black people. You don’t do sh*t nowadays. You n***as are soft.”
Young Mike then asks his viewers, “Why the f**k would you think a Mexican would be doing blackface? That’s a f**king white person thing. And then y’all are going to say that that’s racist, right? Shut the f**k up.
Y’all got me f**ked up if y’all think I’m doing blackface. Why the f**k would I be doing blackface and post that sh*t on the internet? N***a, y’all gotta think and use y’all f***king brains for a second. It’s a prank video.”
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