Music : Vic Mensa calls out MAGA rappers for promoting “lynching” music following Delta State University tragedy

Vic Mensa used an Instagram post on September 25 to deliver a pointed critique of racist appropriation in American music.

In the clip, Mensa appears in a jersey that says “Liberation,” strolling by a pool after plucking a grapefruit from a tree. The visual is paired with a caption that reads, “Songs about lynching just don’t slap.”

The post shifts from casual imagery to sharp cultural commentary. Mensa targeted what he described as “MAGA rappers,” accusing them of making country or trap tracks that glorify racial violence.

“Like, fam, can’t you even get your own genre of music to talk about killing us?” he wrote. Calling the trend “pathetic,” he likened these performers to “Jay and Silent Bob” caricatures and added, “They want to be us so f***ing bad.”

Vic Mensa On "Lynching Music"

The Chicago artist connected his criticism to a larger history of cultural appropriation. “The guilt is deafening, because from a deep, intrinsic place of knowing, they understand that they owe their entire existence to those that they’ve enslaved and oppressed,” Mensa wrote.

He pointed to food, folklore, and even country music as examples, noting, “Their beloved country music, as Beyoncé has showed you. The cuisine, the barbecue, the fried chicken, the Jack Daniels. Even the children’s stories, like Br’er Rabbit.”

Mensa also linked racism to the objectification of Black features. Drawing on history, he cited Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman from the 19th century who was exhibited in Europe because of her body. He wrote, “That was the original BBL.” For Mensa, “a huge part of the DNA of hatred is obsession, and a primary part of the DNA of racism is jealousy.”

The rapper connected his anger to recent tragedy, pointing to what he described as a lynching in Mississippi and rejecting the official claim that it was suicide. “I’m running out of patience for this s***. I need to turn off the Internet,” he concluded.

Mensa’s post blends cultural critique with unfiltered frustration, calling out what he sees as the dangerous overlap of racism, appropriation, and denial.