Herman Cain Says Trump Doesn't Have 'A Racist Bone In His Body'

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.

“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with Yahoo News. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”

On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on Charlottesville, Virginia, his history of running racially-charged attack ads and his recent "sh*thole countries" controversy have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.

According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.

Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”

When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about Mexican immigrants: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/herman-cain-says-trump-doesnt-racist-bone-body-180726069.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo News\u003C/a>. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/donald-trump-charlottesville-winery-both-sides-blame-violence\">Charlottesville\u003C/a>, Virginia, his history of running \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/ava-duvernay-calls-out-trump-for-his-hypocrisy-role-in-the-central-park-five-conviction\">racially-charged attack ads\u003C/a> and his recent \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-reportedly-fussed-about-shthole-countries-like-haiti-and-other-african-nations-for-flocking-to-the-us\">"sh*thole countries" controversy\u003C/a> have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about \u003Ca href=\"http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/\">Mexican immigrants\u003C/a>: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp content='“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected. I never saw him try to put anybody down. The people who don’t like him are trying to stick him with a racist label, which is not true,” Cain said. At a campaign rally in Atlanta, he vouched for Trump as a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/us/politics/behind-herman-cains-humor-a-question-of-seriousness.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">“shucky ducky” kind of candidate.\u003C/a> Trump received \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 percent\u003C/a> of votes by black people in 2016.’ data-reactid=”26″ type=”text”>“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected," Cain said. "I never saw him try to put anybody down. 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Now, a group of Democratic lawmakers is trying to ensure that the U.S. government does not financially compensate those who conducted the attack.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-after-the-babbitt-settlement-bills-to-prevent-further-jan-6-compensation\">After the Babbitt settlement, bills to prevent further Jan. 6 compensation\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-senate-democrats-seek-to-ban-payouts-to-capitol-rioters/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS News\u003C/a> reported that Democratic senators have worked to pass legislation to prevent compensating Jan. 6 rioters. Two pieces of legislation have been proposed. One bill, sponsored by California Sen. Alex Padilla and Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, seeks to ban the government from reaching financial settlements with individuals who assaulted police officers. A second bill would prevent the creation of a compensation fund for Jan. 6 participants.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The two bills come in response to actions taken to provide compensation for Jan. 6 rioters. In May, the Justice Department agreed to a \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blavity.com/ashli-babbitt-rioter-settlement-trump-admin\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$5 million settlement\u003C/a> for the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer as she climbed through a smashed glass panel as part of an angry mob attempting to access a protected area of the Capitol. Despite Officer Michael Byrd being cleared of any wrongdoing by the Justice Department, Trump accused Byrd of “getting away with murder” and supported right-wing reframing of Babbitt as a martyr.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blocking-a-reparations-fund-for-jan-6-rioters\">Blocking a reparations fund for Jan. 6 rioters\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The settlement with Babbitt’s family establishes a precedent to compensate others who participated in the attack. Attorney Mark McCloskey is among the individuals who’ve promoted financial compensation for those previously tried for Jan. 6 offenses, posting on X, formerly Twitter, “I’m doing everything I can to epidite the establishment of a claims resolution procedure so we can get you back on your feet and get you some real justice.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To all the J6 political prisoners out there- I'm doing everything I can to epidite the establishment of a claims resolution procedure so we can get you back on your feet and get you some real justice. I won't stop fighting and I will never back down.\u003C/p>— Mark McCloskey (@mccloskeyusa) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mccloskeyusa/status/1952487470219640853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2025\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Trump and others have even suggested creating a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/trump-jan-6-rioters-compensation-fund-discussions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compensation fund\u003C/a> as a form of reparations for former Jan. 6 defendants to pay for their legal bills. When Sen. 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Upon returning to the White House last year, Trump immediately pardoned or commuted the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentences\u003C/a> of nearly all of the people who had been convicted of crimes relating to their participation in the Jan. 6 attacks. Trump has also seemingly retaliated against \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blavity.com/fbi-fires-agents-who-kneeled-during-george-floyd-protests-in-2020\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI agents\u003C/a> who investigated Jan. 6 rioters, part of his larger set of reprisals against the agency.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Trump has already ensured that his supporters no longer have to face the legal consequences of their attack on the U.S. Capitol five years ago. 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTAp1jBDljH/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by USA Hockey (@usahockey)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A \u003Ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/9mya8-help-lailas-family-cheer-her-at-the-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GoFundMe campaign\u003C/a> has been launched to help Edwards’ family travel to Italy to support the ice hockey star at the Olympics.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We want nothing more than to travel to Italy to support her in her Olympic dream, but this isn’t something we can afford on our own,” the GoFundMe page reads. “So many communities have supported Laila throughout her years of hockey, and we are asking for that support once again so we can be there to cheer her on and surround her with the love of family.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At the time of publication, over $15,000 of the $50,000 goal had been raised.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-edwards-has-made-history-throughout-her-career\">Edwards has made history throughout her career \u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In addition to becoming the first Black woman to join the U.S. women’s national hockey team, Edwards — who first hit the ice when she was just a toddler, \u003Ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2026/01/04/meet-laila-edwards-the-first-black-woman-to-play-for-team-usas-winter-olympic-ice-hockey-team/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Grio\u003C/a> reported— has made history on several occasions throughout her career. According to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/laila-edwards-first-black-woman-to-play-winter-olympic-ice-hockey-for-team-usa\">Olympics.com\u003C/a>, at 20 years old, she became the youngest American to win the Most Valuable Player at the World Championships in spring 2024. She made history in 2025 when she became the first Black woman to win the IIHF Women’s World Championship.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Edwards is a senior at the University of Wisconsin and balances playing for the school and national women’s hockey teams, The Grio reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“At first it was a little bit overwhelming making that history and all the media and things like that,” Edwards told \u003Ca href=\"https://www.essence.com/entertainment/sports/laila-edwards-transforming-hockey-for-black-women/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Essence\u003C/a> about making Team USA’s Women’s Hockey Team. “But then I was like, ‘This is such a privilege.’ I’m becoming a role model for so many people, and I’m being that someone that I didn’t necessarily have when I was their age.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The 21-year-old also won the 2024 Bob Allen Women’s Player of the Year award and was recognized as a 2025 North America Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in sports.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Edwards hopes this is just the beginning of her hockey career. 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The Olympian is fresh \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/normani-dancing-with-the-stars-jordan-chiles-finale-freestyle\">off the most recent season of \u003Cem>Dancing with the Stars\u003C/em>\u003C/a>, where she made it to the finale. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jordan-chiles-recorded-near-perfect-scores-on-all-four-events\">Jordan Chiles recorded near-perfect scores on all four events\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Chiles had a clean sweep, coming in first in the four events making up the Best of the West Quad at Alaska Airlines Arena on the University of Washington campus. She recorded an all-around score of 39.725, according to \u003Ca href=\"https://uclabruins.com/news/2026/1/4/ucla-wins-season-opener-with-196-975\">UCLA’s official athletics website\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jordan Chiles' new floor routine for 2026 will absolutely remind you that she is still 100% THAT GIRL – Olympic gold medalist, NCAA champion and Dancing with the Stars finalist!\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChilesJordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChilesJordan\u003C/a> | \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/officialdwts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@officialdwts\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/IcuR6M19Jn\">pic.twitter.com/IcuR6M19Jn\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— UCLA Gymnastics (@uclagymnastics) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/uclagymnastics/status/2007877061051097165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The gold medalist opened the season with her new floor routine, where she led the team with a score of 9.925. Chiles competed with a musical mashup of songs by Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder and more, according to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolineprice/2026/01/04/jordan-chiles-sweeps-every-event-wins-all-around-in-ncaa-gymnastics-season-opener/\">Forbes\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>She then went on to the vault, where she performed a double Yurchenko vault and earned another 9.9+ score.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For her third event of the competition, Chiles moved to the bars and tied with Tonya Paulsson of the California Golden Bears. On the beams, Chiles then earned a score of 9.975.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ucla-bruins-recorded-their-first-win-of-the-season\">The UCLA Bruins recorded their first win of the season\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>UCLA posted the opener’s highest team scores on three events. The Bruins recorded 49.150 on the vault, 49.525 on the balance beam and 49.075 on the floor exercise. They came in first with a total score of 196.975. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>California came in second place with a score of 196.000, Washington came in third with a score of 195.625 and Oregon State finished in fourth with a score of 196.550.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Next up, UCLA will compete against Oklahoma, Louisiana State University and Utah on Jan. 10 at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad in West Valley City, Utah. 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The man’s arrest now has police searching for other victims, and the incident has highlighted potential dangers of the heavy-handed immigration enforcement techniques being used under the \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/costco-sues-trump-tariff-refunds\">Trump administration\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bystanders-confront-the-fake-ice-agent-during-a-search\">Bystanders confront the fake ICE agent during a search\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A 44-year-old man from Galveston, Texas, has been identified by police as someone who appears in viral video clips conducting what seems to be a fake traffic stop. In videos taken of the November 2025 incident, a man in a military-style uniform detains a Black motorist, searching the man’s truck as he stands outside the vehicle. In the video, several bystanders confront the uniformed man. The man shines his flashlight into the eyes of those filming him. After being demanded to give his name and badge number, the man at first angrily refuses, before shoving a badge at those filming him. The man later gets into the passenger’s seat of an unmarked blue car, which then drives off.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fake law enforcement officer arrested for searching a Black man’s car: Joshua Warner, 44, is accused of impersonating a federal agent and unlawfully detaining a person after being caught by two YouTubers who film law enforcement for content. 😳 \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/HmpC5gFbEw\">pic.twitter.com/HmpC5gFbEw\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Rain Drops Media (@Raindropsmedia1) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Raindropsmedia1/status/2008005372213448891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Robert Harvey and Bruce Rebmann, two of the bystanders, described to \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://abc13.com/post/video-tip-leads-man-arrested-charged-impersonating-law-enforcement-galveston-pd-says/18343822/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC 13\u003C/a> why they confronted the man. At first, Harvey observed, the man “was doing everything a normal police officer does,” Harvey told the outlet. “He had people’s IDs in his hand, he was shining a flashlight at these people in the face.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, Harvey noticed that the man’s uniform “looked like it just came in from TEMU,” ABC 13 reported. “It wasn’t like what real cops wear.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After the man left, Harvey and Rebmann found police officers and reported the strange encounter.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I felt like this guy needed to be snitched on,” Harvey said. “That was very dangerous what he was doing. We don’t like bad cops, but somebody pretending to be a bad cop is worse than a bad cop.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-authorities-battle-ice-impersonators\">Authorities battle ICE impersonators\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A police \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/galveston-texas-fake-ice-officer-arrested/285-c3bb0b78-6ed6-43a8-bc43-cd17e5db35ad\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation\u003C/a> of the incident led them to arrest Joshua Warner, identifying him as the man in the video. Police executed a warrant for Warner on Dec. 22, taking him into custody from his Galveston home and charging him with two counts of impersonating a public servant for allegedly posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during the recorded incident. Galveston Police report that a search of Warner’s home turned up “multiple items of evidence, including a fraudulent law enforcement identification card and a badge.” Authorities also took Warner’s car, which they claimed looked similar to an unmarked police car. They suspect that Warner may have carried out a similar impersonation on other occasions and have encouraged any additional victims to contact the police.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Warner’s apparent impersonation of an ICE agent comes as the agency has been heavily criticized for its violent tactics and lack of transparency under the Trump administration. Critics of ICE have often warned that their strong-armed tactics and secretive nature — frequently operating with masks, plain clothes and unmarked vehicles — created a danger of criminals posing as agents to commit kidnappings or other crimes. In the year since Trump returned to office and began his immigration crackdown, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.gonzalezolivierillc.com/immigration-updates/multiple-ice-impersonators/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several people\u003C/a> across the country have been arrested for posing as ICE agents to commit crimes, including kidnapping and sexual assault.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Warner’s case is the latest of an individual appearing to pose as an ICE agent to violate the rights of others. This case continues a worrying trend and illustrates the dangers that aggressive ICE tactics create for the public, adding to concerns about the agency and its actions.\u003C/p>\n",[212],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},[],{"url":215,"thumbnail":216,"credit":217,"title":218,"alt":218,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1400355481-compress.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1400355481-150x100.jpg","Photo: Douglas Sacha via Getty Images","police lights","2026-01-07T04:55:00-05:00","2026-01-06T21:18:42-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":224,"author":225,"authors":235,"title":237,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":238,"body":239,"categories":240,"tags":242,"featuredMedia":265,"publishedAt":270,"updatedAt":271,"type":45,"listicle":272,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":273},72891918,{"id":226,"avatar":227,"firstName":228,"lastName":229,"displayName":230,"email":231,"username":232,"normalizedUsername":233,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":234},99833,"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3995-compress.jpeg","Jahaura","Michelle","Jahaura Michelle","jahaura.wilson@blavity.com","JahauraMichelle","jahauramichelle","2023-04-03T03:43:50+00:00",[236],{"id":226,"avatar":227,"firstName":228,"lastName":229,"displayName":230,"email":231,"username":232,"normalizedUsername":233,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":234},"Georgia Teen Tased By Officer On Bus, Leaving Burn Marks On Chest And Throat: 'He Didn't Lie To Anyone'","georgia-teen-tased-by-officer-on-bus-leaving-burn-marks-on-chest-and-throat","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/17-year-old-student-graduates-college-before-hs-diploma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Georgia high school student\u003C/a> is speaking publicly for the first time after being tased by a police officer on a school bus in an incident that has gone viral on social media.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-to-lanier-johnson-hunt\">What happened to Lanier Johnson-Hunt?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In December, Lanier Johnson-Hunt, 18, was joined by his family and legal team at a news conference, where he described an altercation with a new bus driver that led to him being tased on a school bus carrying students from Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn, Georgia, on Dec. 18, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/12/23/stream-live-fulton-county-student-tased-by-officer-speaks-out/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlanta News First\u003C/a> reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Johnson-Hunt said the bus driver thought he did not belong on the bus and told him he had to get off. 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He was on the right bus,” Gerald Griggs, president of the Georgia NAACP, said at the news conference, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/taser-langston-hughes-high-school-bus-scars-viral-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox 5\u003C/a> Atlanta reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSp4nd_kSe0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\"> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSp4nd_kSe0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSp4nd_kSe0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Lee Merritt (@leemerrittesq)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-johnson-hunt-was-reportedly-tased-for-refusing-to-get-off-the-bus\">Johnson-Hunt was reportedly tased for refusing to get off the bus\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the students recorded the incident on the bus; the video shows the resource officer tasing Johnson-Hunt after the bus driver called school administrators, claiming he was not on the correct bus.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Administrators had called for everyone to exit the bus, and Johnson-Hunt said he complied. The students were later allowed back on without officials verifying their bus assignments, Johnson-Hunt said, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. The teen sat down, and the bus driver contacted the school resource officer.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When Fulton County school police officers arrived, one appeared to grab Johnson-Hunt by the neck after he refused to get off. Officers then appeared to drag him off the bus and used a taser again. The teen said he was handcuffed and slapped in the face by one of the officers. Administrators intervened before the taser could be used again.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-teen-s-attorneys-and-his-mother-speak-out-following-the-incident\">The teen’s attorneys and his mother speak out following the incident\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Griggs said the force that officers used against Johnson-Hunt was unnecessary, given his weight of 115 pounds.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The administration should have done more to check before having this encounter,” he said at the news conference. “These types of situations turn deadly, and we are glad that we are here not for a deadly encounter because he is still here, but we are upset we have to do this over and over and over and over again.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>National civil rights attorney Harry Daniels also chimed in, detailing what Johnson-Hunt had gone through and the injuries he sustained from the incident.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The video speaks for itself,” Daniels said. “At one point, the officer had his hands around his [Lanier’s] neck, slamming him back into the seat, then using his taser in a drive-stun mode and that’s when the taser actually is pressed to the body and the prongs actually [cause] burning sensations to the body.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/coach-suspended-after-allegedly-restraining-student-with-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fulton County Schools\u003C/a> confirmed that the officer involved was removed from duty following a probe into the incident, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Johnson-Hunt’s attorneys said he was also suspended for 10 days and charged with obstruction, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>His mother, Sharrita Johnson, also spoke out during the news conference and defended her son.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“At the end of the day, he was on the right bus. He didn’t lie to anyone. He wasn’t trying to fight the police officer, and if they generally would have just asked, they would have knew he was on the right bus. It’s just scary. He could have died. You tased him in the middle of his chest,” she said during the news conference.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Watch the full news conference below:\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"STREAM LIVE: Fulton County student tased by officer speaks out\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TwWJxIMQWSs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",[241],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},[243,247,251,254,258,262],{"id":244,"name":245,"slug":246,"description":10,"image":10},36874,"ATLANTA","atlanta-2",{"id":248,"name":249,"slug":250,"description":10,"image":10},77144,"Black High School student","black-high-school-student",{"id":252,"name":253,"slug":253,"description":10,"image":10},26740,"georgia",{"id":255,"name":256,"slug":257,"description":10,"image":10},77145,"Lanier Johnson-Hunt","lanier-johnson-hunt",{"id":259,"name":260,"slug":261,"description":10,"image":10},21497,"school bus","school-bus",{"id":263,"name":264,"slug":264,"description":10,"image":10},77146,"tased",{"url":266,"thumbnail":267,"credit":136,"title":268,"alt":269,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-1648677035-1-scaled.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-1648677035-1-150x100.jpg","taser","Taser","2026-01-07T04:45:00-05:00","2026-01-06T21:15:27-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":275,"author":276,"authors":277,"title":279,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":280,"body":281,"categories":282,"tags":284,"featuredMedia":301,"publishedAt":307,"updatedAt":308,"type":45,"listicle":309,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":310},72892108,{"id":226,"avatar":227,"firstName":228,"lastName":229,"displayName":230,"email":231,"username":232,"normalizedUsername":233,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":234},[278],{"id":226,"avatar":227,"firstName":228,"lastName":229,"displayName":230,"email":231,"username":232,"normalizedUsername":233,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":234},"Donnie McClurkin Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Man Who Was His Personal Assistant, Lawsuit Alleges","donnie-mcclurkin-accused-of-assault-in-lawsuit","\n\u003Cp>Grammy-winning gospel singer and pastor \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/donnie-mcclurkin-says-christians-should-stop-protesting-trump-and-pray-his-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donnie McClurkin\u003C/a> is being sued over allegations of years-long sexual abuse by a man who served as his personal assistant and mentee, according to a recently filed lawsuit.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-donnie-mcclurkin-being-accused-of\">What is Donnie McClurkin being accused of?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Giuseppe Corletto alleged that McClurkin sexually abused him for years after he initially sought the “We Fall Down” singer’s guidance to help him navigate his own life, according to the complaint filed Jan. 2 in the New York County Supreme Court, which \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/grammy-winning-gospel-singer-pastor-accused-sexually-abusing-young-man-rcna236379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News\u003C/a> obtained.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Corletto, who was 21 at the time, first met McClurkin in August 2003. McClurkin is the founder and senior pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Long Island, New York. The lawsuit states Corletto was struggling with his sexuality and faith and turned to the 66-year-old singer’s autobiographical book, which details McClurkin’s own struggles with homosexuality.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After the initial meeting, Corletto believed McClurkin could also help him be delivered from homosexuality, the same way the award-winning musician said God had delivered him from it. During the church event, McClurkin “talked about being raped as a child, which resonated with me because that’s similar to my story,” Corletto said in an interview with NBC News.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-alleged-abuse-began-during-spiritual-sessions-with-mcclurkin\">The alleged abuse began during spiritual sessions with McClurkin\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Corletto has accused McClurkin of grooming him under the guise of mentorship and spiritual counseling. He said the abuse began during so-called “pray the gay away” sessions when McClurkin allegedly groped his genitals without consent. The alleged acts would escalate over time, as Corletto frequently traveled with McClurkin as his personal assistant, according to NBC News and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/01/06/donnie-mcclurkin-lawsuit-sexual-abuse-giuseppe-corletto/88039748007/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA Today\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Corletto stated that McClurkin coerced him into “further unwanted sexual acts” from 2007 to as recently as 2015. When he confided in other church members about the abuse, “no action was taken,” the lawsuit states.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Corletto said the alleged abuse occurred in various hotel rooms and would continue for years after he resigned in 2008. He said McClurkin had tracked him down and eventually sexually assaulted him twice, per USA Today. Despite years of alleged abuse, Corletto said he tried leaving multiple times, but McClurkin coerced him to stay under false pretences.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-lawuit-includes-an-alleged-apology-email\">The lawuit includes an alleged apology email\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The lawsuit also includes an image of an apology email that McClurkin allegedly sent to Corletto in 2013 regarding his behavior toward Corletto.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I am the actual epitome of a desperate dirty ‘old man’…groping a young man who is just looking for a friendship and close plutonic relationship with someone he looks to for help, guidance and spirituality,” reads the email in the image. “You don’t have that desire for me and I shouldn’t have it for you. I forced myself on you,” the alleged email reads, according to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/pro/gospel-singer-donnie-mcclurkin-sexual-assault-lawsuit/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>McClurkin’s attorney, Greg Lisi, spoke out against the allegations against his client, calling them “categorically false.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“At no time did Pastor McClurkin engage in any form of sexual abuse, assault, or sexual coercion of Mr. Corletto,” Lisi said, according to Billboard. “The claims set forth in the lawsuit grossly mischaracterize their interactions, which occurred over a decade, and some accusations over two decades ago.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Corletto is seeking an unspecified amount in \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/will-smith-and-jada-pinkett-smith-push-back-against-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial damages\u003C/a> from McClurkin.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“As a result of the foregoing, plaintiff has sustained injury, emotional pain and suffering, physical pain, emotional distress, celibacy, pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life,” reads the lawsuit.\u003C/p>\n",[283],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},[285,289,293,297],{"id":286,"name":287,"slug":288,"description":10,"image":10},36557,"Donnie McClurkin","donnie-mcclurkin",{"id":290,"name":291,"slug":292,"description":10,"image":10},77149,"Guiseppe Corletto","guiseppe-corletto",{"id":294,"name":295,"slug":296,"description":10,"image":10},32623,"Lawsuit","lawsuit",{"id":298,"name":299,"slug":300,"description":10,"image":10},24253,"sexual assault allegations","sexual-assault-allegations",{"url":302,"thumbnail":303,"credit":304,"title":305,"alt":306,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2230524934.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2230524934-150x103.jpg","Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images","40th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards – Press Room","NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - AUGUST 16: Donnie McClurkin speaks in the press room during the 40th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on August 16, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee.","2026-01-06T20:32:09-05:00","2026-01-06T20:32:15-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":312,"author":313,"authors":314,"title":316,"subTitle":317,"excerpt":10,"slug":318,"body":319,"categories":320,"tags":322,"featuredMedia":339,"publishedAt":345,"updatedAt":346,"type":45,"listicle":347,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":348},72892174,{"id":91,"avatar":92,"firstName":93,"lastName":94,"displayName":95,"email":96,"username":97,"normalizedUsername":97,"description":10,"twitter":98,"facebook":10,"instagram":99,"registeredAt":100},[315],{"id":91,"avatar":92,"firstName":93,"lastName":94,"displayName":95,"email":96,"username":97,"normalizedUsername":97,"description":10,"twitter":98,"facebook":10,"instagram":99,"registeredAt":100},"Raven-Symoné's Wife Miranda Says This Fact Could Get Raven's 'Black Card Pulled'","Maday, who married Raven in 2020 after five years of dating, revealed the actress doesn't use lotion on a Jan. 5 episode of Nick Cannon's 'We Playin’ Spades' podcast.","raven-symones-wife-miranda-says-this-could-get-her-black-card-pulled","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/raven-symone-revealed-she-briefly-ended-relationship-with-miranda-maday\">Miranda Maday\u003C/a> recently revealed her wife \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/raven-symone-on-bill-cosby-legacy-with-allegations\">Raven-Symoné’s\u003C/a> beauty routine, and according to her, it might get the actor’s “Black card pulled.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/cmplxtara-mahadevan/raven-symone-no-lotion-ashy-wife-miranda-maday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Complex\u003C/a>, Maday shared on a Jan. 5 episode of Nick Cannon’s \u003Cem>We Playin’ Spades\u003C/em> podcast that the \u003Cem>Raven’s Home\u003C/em> star doesn’t use lotion. Maday went on to explain Raven’s refusal to moisturize and also addressed the viral claims that she earns more money than the 40-year-old actor.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here’s more on Maday’s comments about Raven’s beauty routine and their financial standing.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-raven-explained-she-s-tired-of-lathering-her-whole-body-in-lotion\">Raven explained she’s ‘tired’ of ‘lathering’ her whole body in lotion\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to \u003Ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2026/01/05/raven-symone-wife-miranda-maday-you-stay-ashy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Grio\u003C/a>, during a segment that asks guests to share a revelation that could get their “Black card pulled,” Maday pointed to Raven’s refusal to use lotion.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cannon was shocked by the news, exclaiming, “You don’t lotion!” \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Maday responded, “She lets herself stay ashy.” \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Still in shock, the \u003Cem>Wild ‘n Out\u003C/em> host said that’s “some light skin s**t” but, in defense of Raven, his co-host Courtney Bee explained ash doesn’t “come up the same on light skin,” Complex reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Raven explained that, on occasion, she is “ashy,” but she’s “tired” of “lathering” her whole body in lotion. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cannon recommended integrating moisturizing into her shower routine to make it easier. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Right when you get out the shower, just have the lotion right there and make that a part of the process before you put your draws on,” he said before Maday pointed out doing so is “better hydration.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“If you’re a little damp, when you put your lotion on, you lock in the moisture. You’re more hydrated. That’s exactly what I do,” she explained.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, Raven expressed she’s comfortable with her beauty routine and in her own skin. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maday-addresses-viral-comments-about-being-richer-than-raven\">Maday addresses viral comments about being ‘richer’ than Raven\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Aside from Raven’s lotion use, during the episode, Maday also addressed comments she made four months ago about being “richer” than the \u003Cem>That’s So Raven\u003C/em> alum, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/1426945/miranda-maday-raven-symones-wife-on-being-richer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E! Online\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“You know mudflaps on trucks? My family invented those,” she said. “You’ll see sometimes on the East Coast, still they’ll have Maday flaps.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Maday explained that two brothers, her “great, great whatevers,” started the business. But Maday’s father and his side of the family were left out of the money, forcing him to “make his own.” He ultimately built a career in the entertainment industry.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“He did very well for himself,” she said. “The reality of the situation is, though, financially, I’ve been very fortunate to grow up in a family that had money. I have not wanted for anything in my life, and that’s privilege.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The 38-year-old also revealed she has a trust fund.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After clearing up her family’s financial background, Maday explained that she brought up the couple’s finances on their podcast, \u003Cem>Tea Time with Miranda and Raven\u003C/em>, after rumors that she married Raven for her money circulated online.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I share that information to just give more context to why meeting Raven had nothing to do with what was in the bank,” she said. “Raven, of course, is wealthier than I am on her own because Raven was a millionaire and she’s been working for 40 years. Of course, there’s a difference there.”\u003C/p>\n",[321],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},[323,327,331,335],{"id":324,"name":325,"slug":326,"description":10,"image":10},355,"Miranda Maday","miranda-maday",{"id":328,"name":329,"slug":330,"description":10,"image":10},34419,"Nick Cannon","nick-cannon",{"id":332,"name":333,"slug":334,"description":10,"image":10},33972,"Podcast","podcast",{"id":336,"name":337,"slug":338,"description":10,"image":10},50013,"Raven-Symoné","raven-symone-3",{"url":340,"thumbnail":341,"credit":342,"title":343,"alt":344,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1258725176-compress.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1258725176-150x104.jpg","Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for iHeartRadio","Raven-Symoné and Miranda Maday","Raven-Symoné and Miranda Pearman-Maday","2026-01-06T20:30:11-05:00","2026-01-06T20:30:47-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":350,"author":351,"authors":352,"title":354,"subTitle":355,"excerpt":10,"slug":356,"body":357,"categories":358,"tags":360,"featuredMedia":377,"publishedAt":382,"updatedAt":383,"type":45,"listicle":384,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":385},72892110,{"id":91,"avatar":92,"firstName":93,"lastName":94,"displayName":95,"email":96,"username":97,"normalizedUsername":97,"description":10,"twitter":98,"facebook":10,"instagram":99,"registeredAt":100},[353],{"id":91,"avatar":92,"firstName":93,"lastName":94,"displayName":95,"email":96,"username":97,"normalizedUsername":97,"description":10,"twitter":98,"facebook":10,"instagram":99,"registeredAt":100},"Claressa Shields Speaks Out On Anti-Blackness And Comments About Her Appearance As 50 Cent Reignites Papoose Feud","Shields called out the rapper after he threw several insults her way amid his ongoing beef with Papoose. ","claressa-shields-speaks-out-on-anti-blackness-50-cent-papoose","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/street-fighter-2026-movie-footage\">50 Cent’s\u003C/a> years-long feud with fellow rapper Papoose has reignited just in time for the new year, and now the latter’s girlfriend, boxing champion \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/claressa-shields-inducted-into-michigan-sports-hall-of-fame\">Claressa Shields\u003C/a>, has entered the chat. According to \u003Ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2026/01/05/claressa-shields-calls-out-anti-blackness-in-critics-of-her-appearance-amid-papoose-feud-with-50-cent-yall-hate-everything-about-blackness/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Grio\u003C/a>, the 30-year-old professional fighter clapped back at the \u003Cem>Sean Combs: The Reckoning\u003C/em> executive, who hurled several insults Shields’ way amid his beef with Papoose, on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday. Here’s what she said and why 50 Cent and Papoose’s beef reignited in 2026.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-50-cent-kicked-off-a-recent-string-of-online-insults-with-an-ai-edited-video-of-shields-and-papoose\">50 Cent kicked off a recent string of online insults with an AI-edited video of Shields and Papoose\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On Dec. 31, the \u003Cem>Power\u003C/em> alum shared an AI-edited video of a 1976 Blaxploitation film \u003Cem>Black Sister’s Revenge\u003C/em> (theatrically released as \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/la-rebellion/emma-mae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma Mae\u003C/a>\u003C/em>) featuring Papoose and Shields as the characters in a scene from the movie: Jesse Amos and Emma Mae, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/968326-50-cent-papoose-troll-ai-videos-claressa-shields-hip-hop-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HotNewHipHop\u003C/a> reported. In the clip, Shields as Mae confronts Papoose as Amos about not loving her back and she slaps him, likely referencing the “Counting Green” rapper allegedly hitting comedian Gerald Huston with a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/952332-papoose-allegedly-smacks-comedian-gossip-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book\u003C/a> after he joked about Shields.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Now you see that, that’s assault! You can’t just go around putting your hands on PEOPLE. LOL,” 50 Cent captioned his post. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50 Cent shades Papoose and Claressa Shields. \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/9n421kEwra\">pic.twitter.com/9n421kEwra\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— XXL Magazine (@XXL) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/XXL/status/2007117149135859890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Papoose responded with his own AI-generated video of 50 Cent dancing on a couch in a club in women’s clothing. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“No No No stop deflecting Curtis,” Pap wrote in the post’s caption. “The world is STILL waiting for ya response to Fab & them. You from southside do something ? Fight or flight ? Holla if you need a ghostwriter Champ… I mean Chump!”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Papoose responds to 50 Cent shade. \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/BcYBBvUzZS\">pic.twitter.com/BcYBBvUzZS\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— XXL Magazine (@XXL) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/XXL/status/2007117150704832890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>50 Cent quickly shared Papoose’s video on Instagram: “Look what Pap posted 😆Hahaha, that look like one of his joints all his hoe’s handsome. 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height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> \u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> \u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DS--yBxji16/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by 50 Cent (@50cent)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The rappers continued to take shots at each other and shared mocking edited videos on social media. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50 Cent disses Papoose again. \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/juq6cf7bgu\">pic.twitter.com/juq6cf7bgu\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— XXL Magazine (@XXL) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/XXL/status/2007117155205353484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>50 Cent even brought up Papoose’s ex Remy Ma, sharing an old clip of the “Lean Back” rapper in which she said,  “[My] ex might be the least income-making person that I’ve ever been with. Ever.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“That’s why Claressa gotta buy her own 🎁,” he wrote in the caption. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTCAWoQjHud/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\"> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTCAWoQjHud/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> \u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; 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height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> \u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> \u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTCAWoQjHud/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by The Neighborhood Talk (@theneighborhoodtalk)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shields-called-out-50-cent-s-harassment-in-several-social-media-posts\">Shields called out 50 Cent’s harassment in several social media posts \u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Shields was not a fan of 50 Cent sharing the old clip of Remy Ma and shared a cryptic message on \u003Ca href=\"https://x.com/Claressashields/status/2007265801125147003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X\u003C/a>, formerly known as Twitter, that many thought was directed at the rapper.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“These rappers don’t get they a*s beat enough that’s the problem,” she wrote.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These rappers don’t get they ass beat enough that’s the problem.\u003C/p>— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Claressashields/status/2007265801125147003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The boxer called out 50 Cent more directly in a follow-up message, \u003Ca href=\"https://x.com/Claressashields/status/2007536524246581574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing\u003C/a>, “Mfs ain’t never been the best in their field no matter what era of their career! So 50 can stfu for real!”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mfs ain’t never been the best in their field no matter what era of their career! So 50 can stfu for real! \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/MjNvMd2TJj\">pic.twitter.com/MjNvMd2TJj\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Claressashields/status/2007536524246581574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The two continued to insult each other online, with 50 Cent claiming he tried to avoid the boxer during a performance at a recent event. Shields shared a full video of the moment the rapper was referring to and explained that he invited her to the event.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTHYr-gjMV5/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hollywood Unlocked\u003C/a>, 50 Cent later posted a picture of a young Shields with the caption, “Ok the truth is I’m a Claressa Shields fan, think she is an amazing fighter, and she got a big fight coming up, so I’m gonna chill and let her focus, let’s go champ!”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Shields responded, condemning the “ugly narrative” she feels is imposed on her by 50 Cent and others.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>She wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “Please…. Y’all wanna run with the ugly narrative so bad! I was 17 years old fighting for my entire country and had a OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL AROUND MY NECK! Of course I glowed up! And I’m going to always be focused No matter what! LIKE ALWAYS!” \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please…. Y’all wanna run with the ugly narrative so bad! I was 17 years old fighting for my entire country and had a OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL AROUND MY NECK! Of course I glowed up! And I’m going to always be focused No matter what! LIKE ALWAYS! \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/qat7L7gEFf\">https://t.co/qat7L7gEFf\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/mqmeI9khVP\">pic.twitter.com/mqmeI9khVP\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Claressashields/status/2008017687918915627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>She added in a later message, “Boy y’all hate everything about Blackness. Being Black, Black women, Black support, Black unity, Black noses, Black a***s. It’s really sad,” she wrote, adding the peach emoji. “I’m never joining the hate train of my own people. I didn’t wear a full face of makeup ‘til I was 24 years old. Still Beautiful & Blessed.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boy Y’all hate everything about blackness, being black, black women, black support, black unity, black noses, black asses 🍑. It’s really sad. I’m never joining the hate train of my own people. I didn’t wear a full face of makeup til i was 24 years old. 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