Lil Pump Announces Release Date For Song With Asian Racial Slurs

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Lil Pump performs at Barclays Center on December 29, 2018 in New York City
Will he keep the controversial ad-lib in?

Lil Pump still hasn't released his Harverd Dropout project, which was supposed to drop a year ago. Perhaps this is a sign that it could be coming soon. The Florida rapper remained relevant through his use of social media last year as he didn't release much new music. Other than "I Love It," 2018 was somewhat of a quiet year for Jetski. A few weeks ago, Pump started to tease a new song called "Butterfly Doors," which fans seemed excited about. That was until they noticed an ad-lib that furthers negative stereotypes against Asian people.

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The backlash has been legitimate with Asian rappers and the hip-hop community frustrated that Pump would be so ignorant to include a "Ching Chong" ad-lib in his unreleased song while slanting his eyes in a video. The teaser clip has since been deleted from the rapper's page but the official single has now been given a release date. 

"Butterfly Doors" will be out on January 4 and all eyes will be on Pump to see if he removes the racist remarks or not. We'll be able to listen to his new track in just a few days and given the controversy, we're predicting that early streams will be pretty high. Will you be checking out Pump's new song on Friday?


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<b>Managing Editor</b> <!--BR--> Alex Zidel began working at HotNewHipHop as a Staff Writer in February 2018 before becoming the Managing Editor in June 2019. <strong>Favorite Hip Hop Artists:</strong> Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Young Thug, Frank Ocean.
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