At the end of December, Lil Pump apologized after posting a video teasing a new song that prominently featured a racial slur. On “Butterfly Doors,” he rapped, “They call me Yao Ming ‘cause my eyes real low, ching chong.” He also made a derogatory gesture with his eyes. Following backlash to the initial video, he posted a new video with an apology. “Butterfly Doors” has now been released along with an official visual (below), and Pump has removed the racist lines.
The current version of the song finds Pump rapping, “They call me… ‘cause my eyes real low,” muting the portion where he previously said “Yao Ming,” and eliminating the words “ching chong” altogether.
In his apology for his original language, Pump said: “I seen the whole thing going on on the internet and all that. I came here to tell you from my part that I’m sorry and I apologize for posting that. It was not my intentions to hurt nobody or do none of that. … I got Asian homies, you know. I fuck with everybody and I got nothing against nobody. It’s all love.” Pitchfork has reached out to Lil Pump’s representatives for comment.
Pump’s original clip was met with criticism from rapper and Crazy Rich Asians actor Awkwafina, who called out Pump on Twitter. Chinese rapper Lil Yijie, better known as Pissy, dropped a diss track called “FXXX LIL PUMP.”
https://pitchfork.com/news/lil-pump-removes-racist-lines-in-new-song-after-backlash-and-apology
