US rapper Cakes Da Killa responds to 'insinuation' of racism after making white fans get off stage for black history month

'White ego is fragile across the board'

Rapper Cakes da Killa - who asked white attendees to leave the stage during his show for Black History Month - has hit back at a news report which he says insinuated he's racist.

The LGBTQ rapper - also known as Rashard Bradshaw - made the request on Saturday ahead of playing one of his songs with Honey Dijon at a New York City nightclub event called "Battle Hymn."

He told the audience, "When I said it was Black History Month, I mean, like, I need all you blacks on the stage."

Cakes then commented on white privilege adding, "Shut the privilege at the door."

In response to an article published by Metro - with the headline: "rapper orders white people off stage because it’s Black History Month" - he said: "For Metro to take a small light-hearted moment of empowerment in a sweaty gay nightclub in midtown (predominantly filled with gay white males) and flip it to insinuate I may be racist for clickbait is just bad journalism," he explained. "Very lowbrow. I do feel like Metro proved my point. Even though I didn’t set out to prove a point in the first place."

At the same time, Cakes received a lot of support on Twitter for shining a light on the black community.

One commenter said "Your Black is beautiful."

Another wrote "Protect @CAKESDAKILLA at all costs."

"White ego is fragile, across the board," he continued.

Cakes went onto explain how the article unleashed a slew of racism against him, but it wouldn't get the same attention.

"How odd that the same day Metro’s article went live a white porn star bursted into my Twitter feed defending his right to say n*****," Cakes said. "He then went on to call his fan base, who rushed to his defence, his n*****s. There will be no article about that. Just like there will be no article about the white males who have attacked me since the piece came out. Luckily, as an African American gay male living in America I’ve grown tough skin. I’ll survive."

Cakes added that it "wasn't my intention" to offend anyone, but contemplated what the "real issue" surrounding the situation was.

"Was it really that problematic to shine a metaphorical spotlight on the few African American attendees even for a few minutes, during a 6-hour event, being deejayed by an American trans woman...during Black History Month? he questioned. "I see no issue."

Instead, the 27-year-old musician said that he saw "a fluff piece that unfortunately reinforces negative stereotypes about black males & black voices."

He concluded, "I wasn’t being demanding. I wasn’t being malicious. Hell, I wasn’t even being racist. I was actually having a lovely time and will continue to do so with crowds of various orientations, nationalities, colours and walks of life.

Cakes said that everyone was ushered off the stage regardless of his remarks and that no-one from Metro had reached out to him for a comment.

At the end of the day, Cakes was using his platform to highlight black individuals and give a voice to the community.