Rapper Issues 'Crip Alert For Kanye', Warns West To 'Stay In Calabasas' After Supporting Trump
LONG BEACH (CBSLA/AP) — A former member of Snoop Dogg's rapping entourage is calling for gang members to assault Kanye West for his recent support of President Donald Trump.
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Daz Dillinger, who recorded several successful hip hop records as part of Tha Dogg Pound duo in the 1990s, made the apparent threat in a video posted to his Instagram, which was later removed. (WARNING: Video includes explicit language, viewer discretion advised.)
"Yo national alert, all the Crips out there, y'all f--- Kanye up," he said, referring to the infamous Los Angeles-area street gang.
Dillinger - whose real name is Delmar Drew Arnaud - also warns West to stay out of Long Beach and California, even though the Wests famously live in upscale Calabasas in the northwest San Fernando Valley.
"Better not ever see you in concert. Better not ever see you around the LBC. Better not ever see you around California," he says in the video. "Stay in Calabasas, ya hear me? 'Cuz we got a Crip alert for Kanye."
A message reading "F--- KANYE UP" was also posted on Dillinger's verified Twitter account.
Dillinger's posts were an apparent reaction to West for his recent and perhaps unexpected online support of Trump.
There was plenty of reaction from celebrities across social media, including from rappers Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, YG, and Nipsey Hussle, who shared an image of a recent performance in Washington, D.C.
Captioned "Picture Speaking A thousand Words", the post includes a shot of the stage displaying photos of West wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat.
Let Kanye West speak his mind - Lil B
— Lil B THE BASEDGOD (@LILBTHEBASEDGOD) April 29, 2018
West, the enigmatic hip hop provocateur, posted a series of tweets in support of the president, whom he visited at Trump Tower in December 2016 during the presidential transition.
"You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy," West wrote Wednesday. "He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought."
Later, West posted a photo of himself wearing one of Trump's signature red campaign "Make America Great Again" hats and showcased that the president had signed it. "MAGA!" Trump responded in another tweet, using the acronym for his slogan.
West noted that his wife, reality star Kim Kardashian West, wanted him to clarify that he was not in lockstep with all the Republican president's positions.
"My wife just called me and she wanted me to make this clear to everyone," West wrote. "I don't agree with everything Trump does. I don't agree 100% with anyone but myself."
West lent an air of celebrity to Trump, who has not been nearly as popular among movie and music stars as his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama. He complained about struggling to lure big-name talent to his Inauguration and made a point of calling Roseanne Barr, a rare Trump supporter in Hollywood, for the recent success of her sitcom.
Trump has also consistently been supported by a small percentage of black voters.
West has recorded several best-selling albums and produced a buzzy fashion line and has the undeniable talent for attracting attention. He's also been linked to several previous presidents, including when Obama called him "a jackass" in 2009 for storming the stage at an MTV awards show to interrupt Taylor Swift. And in 2005, during a telethon to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, West criticized the White House's response to the storm by famously charging that "George W. Bush doesn't care about black people."
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