Chance The Rapper Deeply Regrets Making a Song with R. Kelly

Source: Twitter

"I apologize to all of his survivors for working with him and for taking this long to speak out."

dream hampton's damning Survivng R. Kelly documentary series closed out its run on Lifetime last night. The finale featured an appearance from Chance The Rapper, who sat opposite Jamilah Lemieux and expressed deep regret for collaborating with the pied predator of r&b on the 2015 song "Somewhere in Paradise."

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After the show aired, Chance took to Twitter to claim that "the quote was taken out of context," adding that "the truth is any of us who ever ignored the R. Kelly stories, or ever believed he was being setup/attacked by the system (as black men often are) were doing so at the detriment of black women and girls." He posted a clip of his chat with Lemieux, in which he expands his reasoning: "We’re programmed to really be hypersensitive to black male oppression. It’s just prevalent in all media, and when you see n***as getting beat up by the police, it’s men.”

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The Chicago rapper closes by admitting that "Maybe I didn’t care because I didn’t value the accusers’ stories because they were black women.”  Watch the full clip below.