The topic of colorism is a sensitive one in various communities, but Fredo Bang has become a target following comments he made on Vlad TV. The rapper recently sat down for a lengthy interview where he spoke about his incarceration, his homosexual father, living with PTSD, and his lyrical choices. With the latter, Vlad brought up the rapper’s song “Famous Crushes” where he mentions JT from City Girls. Fredo admitted that he used her name in the song because it rhymed and in real life, he isn’t attracted to dark-skinned women.

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Vlad relayed the story to Godfrey, and the comedian gave his take on why Fredo Bang would feel that way about women who share his complexion. “It’s colorist and it’s almost kind of a self-hatred type of thing,” Godfrey said. “Maybe growing up he was made fun of for being dark. I know what that’s like. And the negativity of dark skin has been around for so long, but a lot of people are breaking that, which is great. I think dark-skinned women are finally getting a little bit of shine.”

Godfrey went on to speak about the impact of colorism in the music industry and shared a few controversial statements of his own as he told light-skinned people to “bow down to their originators.” Check out the clip from Godfrey’s interview below.

We’ve lost a number of artists recently to drug-related deaths including Lil Peep, Mac Miller, Lexii Alijai, and reportedly Juice WRLD. The growing list has caused rap artists to take a long, hard look at their lyrical content as it pertains to drug use. Some have even pledged to stop rapping about popping pills and drinking lean, while others have vocalized that while they don’t promote drug use, they still intend to talk about it in their songs.

When Fredo Bang, who once regularly drank lean, sat down with Vlad TV, he shared his thoughts on his generation of artists’ addiction issues. “I feel like a lot of us need help out here,” Fredo said. “Therapy. A lot of us have disorders and stuff that we don’t know of. I feel like everybody should be evaluated at some point in they life. Early on. Especially if you go through something.”

“The Juice WLRD thing, it’s real sensitive because it was like, a bad way,” he added. “I feel like a lotta people… It’s the way… I took it as he took it to get rid of them because the police was there.” Vlad interjected to share the circumstances around Juice WRLD’s death once again. “It’s sad,” the rapper said. Even though Fredo Bang had never met the Chicago rapper, he still admitted that “Juice WRLD was one of my favorite artists.”

“That’s what makes it a hurtful situation because it wasn’t like, I think dude was supposed to have got clean,” Fredo said. “I don’t know. It wasn’t like he was just taking them and getting loaded. He did it to not go to jail.” Fredo Bang added that “[President] Trump doing the opioid stuff” has caused there to be “a lotta fake pills” to be manufactured and distributed on the streets.

He said that people support Trump wanting to tackle the opioid crisis, “but they don’t know that it’s causing the reaction of fake pills people worse than the actual pills.” Check out the rapper with Vlad TV below.

In May 2018, Fredo Bang walked out of jail a free man. The 23-year-old rapper had just served over two years in jail after he was arrested in 2016 in connection to a shooting that took place in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Lousiana. Ultimately, Fredo Bang took a plea deal after being charged with attempted second-degree murder with a sentence that reportedly could have seen the rapper in prison for upwards of 40 years.

It’s been nearly two years since Fredo Bang walked out of jail, but the effects are long-lasting. In an interview with Vlad TV, the rapper talked about what it’s been like adjusting, especially in crowds. “‘Cause I don’t know what your intentions are,” Fredo Bang said. “For the last two-and-a-half years, the only crowds I’ve known to be around it 200 man domes [where] each person up there got all type of ties, knives. You really gotta look, like watch everything the whole time. So it’s like, how can I enjoy being in a club with a bunch of people? I don’t know what they got on them. It just brings you back into the mindstate.”

The rapper added that he’s been doing his best to go out and be social, but he’s still struggling. “But it’s like, if I ain’t making money, there’s no point,” Fredo added. “I try to take as many pictures and stuff as I can [with fans]. They be telling me not to do it, but I try. It’s uncomfortable… Sometimes if you ever notice, if you give me too much of a weird vibe, Imma have my foot already set on you. Just to punch.”

“I basically just came out like, war. Twenty-four-seven war. Sleep with an eye open.” Check out Fredo Bang on Vlad TV below.

Baton Rouge-bred emcee Fredo Bang had a recent sit-down with VLAD TV, and the conversation dove into everything from the roots of his relationship with YNW Melly to that “OG” statement he released in response to T.I.’s beef with Kodak Black stemming from those unsavory comments about Lauren London. 

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After giving a brief update on Melly, who Fredo says he spoke to about a week prior to doing the interview Vlad, the “Oouuh” rapper cleared up what he actually meant last year when he hopped on Twitter and wrote, “Y’all Wanna Be Called OG’s But Steady Be On That Generation Vs Generation Sh*t, Instead Of Speaking Knowledge, Y’all Speak Violence, Y’all Suppose To Be The Role Models Act Like Y’all Got Kids & Family Out Here, GET OFF THE INTERNET and Practice What You Preaching OG.” Although not directed at T.I. specifically, Fredo told Vlad, “If you’re gonna be an OG, why make a post,” further explaining himself by adding, “it’s not like you can’t get in contact with somebody.” He wen’t on to say that coming at someone in an aggressive manner will illicit the same response, even though also admitting that Kodak’s comment about hitting on Lauren London so soon after the death of Nipsey Hussle probably wasn’t in the best timing. 

Watch the clip from Fredo Bang’s interview with VLAD TV below to get the full breakdown on both topics: