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Radio station won't play Kodak Black's music over his comments about Nipsey Hussle's girlfriend

"If I disrespected you, Lauren London, in any shape or form, I'm sorry, even though I didn't," Kodak said Saturday.
Image: Lauren London and Nipsey Hussle attend the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019.
Lauren London and Nipsey Hussle attend the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019.Steve Granitz / WireImage file

Rapper Kodak Black is facing backlash — and some fallout — from comments he made over the weekend about Lauren London, the longtime girlfriend of slain rapper Nipsey Hussle.

During a live broadcast on Instagram on Saturday, Kodak announced his intentions to romantically pursue London, with whom Hussle had a young son.

"I’ll be the best man I can be for her," Kodak said. "I’ll give her a whole year. She might need a whole year to be crying and s--- for him."

Image: Kodak Black performs onstage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Oct. 23, 2018.
Kodak Black performs onstage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Oct. 23, 2018.Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images for TIDAL file

He continued: "I ain’t trying to shoot [my shot] at her. I’m saying, listen. She can do two, three years. I’ll try to be like the friend if you need to holla or a shoulder to lean on. She can call my line."

The comments were met with swift backlash, including from rappers The Game and T.I. and Justin Credible, a disc jockey at Los Angeles radio station Power 106, who pledged to no longer play Kodak's music.

"We stand with the family of Nipsey Hussle and are appalled by the disrespectful and poor comments made by Kodak Black," Justin Credible said Saturday. "With that, Power 106 will not support Kodak Black’s music."

Later Saturday, Kodak issued an apology in a live broadcast on Instagram.

"If I disrespected you, Lauren London, in any shape or form, I'm sorry, even though I didn't," he said.

London has not responded to Kodak's comments.

Hussle, 33, was fatally shot outside his clothing store in Los Angeles' Hyde Park neighborhood last Sunday afternoon. Two other men were wounded.

The Grammy-nominated rapper, born Ermias Asghedom, was a beloved figure both in his native South Los Angeles and in the hip-hop community. His store has been transformed into a makeshift memorial by mourners.

London, an actress and model, paid tribute to Hussle on Tuesday in an Instagram post that featured images of the rapper and their family.

"I am completely lost," she wrote. "I’ve lost my best friend, my sanctuary my protector my soul ... I’m lost without you. We are lost without you babe. I have no words."

On Thursday, prosecutors charged the suspected gunman, Eric R. Holder Jr., 29, with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.