The late George Floyd, despite being dead since 2020, still found his name used in a feud between social media personality Charleston White, former NBA star Stephen Jackson, and rapper Lil Yachty.
Charleston White recently went off on an unhinged commentary, directed at Stephen Jason, after the latter expressed a negative reaction towards rapper Lil Yachty using the name of the late George Floyd.
“I just want to tell Steven Jackson, I said f*ck George Floyd and his baby ni**a,” White said. “Bi*ch won’t say nothing to me bi*ch a*s ni**a. George Floyd was a dope fiend. F*ck George Floyd. And I’ve been saying this since he died ni**a. Matter fact I’m re-releasing my album dissin George Floyd.”
“I hate you, Steven Jackson,” White added. “You’re a p**sy anyway ni**a. You ain’t never look for me. F*ck George Floyd. His f*cking ni**a mama, that’s what his bi*ch a*s holler. For that white boy shoving knee him to death. I’m sorry he died of a fentanyl overdose.”
Charleston White goes off on Stephen Jackson for getting mad at Lil Yachty, for mentioning George Floyd in his new song! 😳 pic.twitter.com/VPyCjwOAYS
— The Menace 🥷 (@charlestonwhyt) August 16, 2025
The controversial line from Lil Yachty’s song did not strike Stephen Jackson the right way, as the former NBA star, who also happened to be a childhood friend of Floyd, called out the use of Floyd’s demise as a reference as “weka’ and “disrespectful.”
Fans and listeners also echoed Jackson’s criticism and sentiment, and called out the rapper for the use of the story and name of George Floyd as a point of reference.
FACT CHECK: Was The George Floyd Statue Dismantled?
One recent post on social media went viral, as it claimed to deliver a news report that said that the monument of the late George Floyd was dismantled from its site in Washington, D.C. and was moved to storage at the Smithsonian.
Fact-checking website Lead Stories was able to track the source of the report to a publication called the Dunning-Kruger Times, which is part of an online news network that openly disclaims its “news” as fiction and satire.
The Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service have no records of any George Floyd memorials and both have stated that no George Floyd memorabilia has been taken down or removed recently.
Recent photos from June 2025 show the George Floyd statue in Newark still in its original location, and there are no credible media or official documents that credibly report that it was relocated.
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