Shaun King Speaks Out About Samaria Rice And Her Anger Toward BLM Activists And Lil Baby’s Grammy Performance

“F*CK A GRAMMY WHEN MY SON IS DEAD,” she said in one post. “F*CK ALL PIGS COPS.”

Now Shaun King is speaking out and defending Tamika in an article written on the North Star titled “Understanding the pain, grief, and fury of Samaria Rice.”

“I know Tamika very well – and this just isn’t true. Her only intention with her performance, which I’ll post below, was to use an important cultural moment to speak truth to power and call out President Joe Biden on his lack of movement on justice issues. It took tremendous guts.”

“For me, it gave substance and seriousness to the entire show, but then again, I know Tamika very well. She’s as serious and substantive as one person could be. She’s not in this for fame. And she didn’t invite herself onto the show, but was recruited and invited there – and chose to use the moment the best she could. I thought she nailed it. Had Tamika chosen, instead, to break it down in a dance with Cardi B and Meg the Stallion, which she should still be allowed to do honestly, then I’d understand the criticism, but that’s not what happened. Tamika used a serious moment to deliver a fierce and serious message.

“But for Samaria, it just wasn’t enough. And how could it be?”