After U.K. news site Metro reported rapper Cakes Da Killa kicked white people off stage, he has released a statement refuting accusations of racism.

Video from the New York City club night Battle Hymn event on Saturday depicted Cakes telling some white club goers to get off the stage. "When I said it was Black History Month, I mean, like, I need all you blacks on the stage," he said. "Shut the privilege at the door."

But what is not shown in the video is the context. Cakes said in a statement published by Clash Music that he loves white people and that many of his shows feature people of various backgrounds.

"Context is everything and there was no way they were being serious," he said. "I love white people! For MetroUK to take a small light-hearted moment of empowerment in a sweaty gay nightclub in midtown (predominantly filled with gay white males) and flip it to insinuate I may be racist for clickbait is just bad journalism. Very lowbrow. I do feel like MetroUK proved my point."

Calling the few black people in the venue on stage was an attempt to highlight black clubbers during the one month our history and culture is celebrated in America.

"Was it really that problematic to shine a metaphorical spotlight on the few African American attendees even for a few minutes, during a 6-hour event, being deejayed by an American trans woman…during Black History Month?" he asked. "I see no issue."

Fans and supporters felt the same way.

Cakes da Killa is such an icon https://t.co/IVVPuwbeSe

— El Espiritu Joto (@EspirituJoto) February 14, 2018

the way midia explains our fight for equality >>>
anyway @CAKESDAKILLA u reps me https://t.co/geDqQ3tfiE

— #aziziteckné (@xxaxxmc) February 14, 2018

The Metro article sparked an intense backlash. Many white critics took to Twitter and flooded his feed with racial comments. In one instance, a white porn star defended his right to say n****r. Another user invoked Martin Luther King as a way to criticize Cakes, and he was quickly handled.

Shut the fuck up https://t.co/iAaLOxld9q

— shard. (@CAKESDAKILLA) February 15, 2018

According to the statement, "everyone was ushered off stage because the act was a one-woman show."

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