Rapper Lil Pump is being accused of racism after he shared a preview of a new song that mocks Asians.
In “Butterfly Doors,” the 18-year-old raps “They call me Yao Ming ‘cause my eyes real low” as he pulls the corners of his eyes back. “Ching Chong.”
The clip has been viewed nearly 5 million times since it was posted on Instagram on Monday.
Lil Pump, whose real name is Gazzy Garcia, is Colombian-American.
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“Always nice to hear a new song with a Ching Chong adlib,” actress-comedian Awkwafina wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “Can we at least think of some more creative racist epithets?”
Chinese rap group Chengdu Revolution responded with a diss track titled “F*** Lil Pump.”
“My first reaction was anger,” the group’s Li Yijie told the South China Morning Post. “Not only were the lyrics insulting, he made the face gesture, the whole package.
“It means that he understood what it meant – understood that it is discriminatory language. It’s quite irresponsible.”
Lil Pump is also being called out on social media, with some fans urging him to scrap the song.