Lil Wayne Steps On American Flag During Video Shoot, Says It Was An Accident
Posted on Tue Jun 18th, 2013 9:00am PDT By X17 Staff
Lil Wayne is facing backlash after stepping on an American flag during a music video shoot in New Orleans.
The controversial rapper first received slack on Sunday when a one-minute clip from the music video for "God Bless Amerika" was posted on YouTube. Weezy has since responded to the criticism, claiming that he accidentally stepped on Old Glory when it dropped on the ground during the shoot.
I didn't step on the flag on purpose! It's a scene in a video where the flag drops behind me and after it drop it's just there as I perform
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) June 18, 2013
However, Wayne can clearly be seen looking down directly at the flag on multiple occasions. The song's contentious lyrics are further evidence that he may have stepped on the stars and stripes on purpose to act the part of an angry American in the vid.
"My country 'tis of thee/ sweet land of kill 'em all and let 'em die/ God bless Amerika/ This so godless Amerika … the stars on the flag are never shining," he raps in the song.