LaRussell released a track that’s got some people ticked off right now, and his mother’s stepping up to defend her son while he’s taking a break from the spotlight.
The Vallejo rapper dropped “Heaven Sent” with lyrics that called Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Adolf Hitler “heaven-sent,” alongside references to Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Kanye West. The backlash came fast and hard, with critics saying he shouldn’t have put those names in that context. LaRussell’s engineer literally told him not to release the track, and he did it anyway. He posted the song with a caption saying his engineer warned him, which only added fuel to the fire.
LaRussell tried to explain himself multiple times, but each response seemed to make things worse. He released a five-minute video saying people were misunderstanding his message, arguing that he was simply stating that God created everyone, including evil people. He defended his artistic freedom hard, writing in a statement that he’s keeping his art exactly how he wants it. But then things escalated when people claimed he was blocking critics on social media, including artist Aja Monet and rapper Mickey Factz, who joked that even the block button was “heaven-sent.”