Floyd Mayweather & Rapper T.I are beefing over Gucci ‘blackface’ boycott

Floyd Mayweather and rapper T.I. have been involved in massive beef and designer popular Gucci caused outrage on social media.

The fire that was sparked by the Gucci ‘blackface’ sweater has ignited once again with calls for boycotts of the brand causing a feud between T.I and Floyd Mayweather.

The black wool balaclava,  has a slit near the mouth framed in red and was compared to the racist practice of light-skinned people painting their face to appear black.

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And now the cloths have been removed from all stores and Gucci have even issued an apology to that effect.

According to TimesLIVE, many celebs and fashion followers called for a boycott of the brand, but boxer Floyd Mayweather was seen treating himself to a Gucci shopping spree right after the incident.

When asked why he hadn’t joined the boycott, Floyd suggested that he wasn’t a sheep who followed the crowd.

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“See, the thing is this. I live for myself. I do what I want to do. I’m not a follower. You know when everybody else they say, ‘Everybody gonna boycott?’ I say, ‘guess what? This boy gonna get on a yacht and live life,” he told TMZ.

American rapper T.I. found Mayweather’s actions unacceptable and since released a diss track aimed at the boxer .

Floyd Mayweather clapped right back at T.I. after the release of the track, claiming that people “boycott for trend” and saying how he is tired of fake ‘wokeness’.

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