Lil Wayne made some controversial comments about the Black Lives Matter movement Tuesday night on Nightline.

Reporter Linsey Davis asked Wayne directly in the Nightline interview about his thoughts on Black Lives Matter, the popular activist movement to prevent violence and racism against black people. Wayne's response has certainly raised a few eyebrows.

"What is it? What - what do you mean?" he replied.

When Davis clarified that the movement helps to inform the rest of America that black lives do indeed matter, Wayne was dismissive.

"That just sounds weird," he said. "I don't know that you put a name on it. It's not a name. It's not 'whatever, whatever'. It's somebody got shot by a policeman for a f---ed up reason."

Wayne then went on to explain that because he is a successful rich black man, that there's proof America understands this concept already.

"I am a young black rich motherf---er. If that don't let you know that America understand black lives matter these days, I don't know what it is," Wayne explained. "That man white, he filmin' me. I'm a n----. I don't know what you mean, don't come at me with that dumb s---, ma'am. My life matter, especially to my b----es."

Wayne also suggested that Davis, a black woman herself, is "crazy" to feel connected to a movement that might not have anything to do with her.

"I don't feel connected to a damn thing that don't got nothin' to do with me. If you do, you crazy as s---. You. Not the camera. You," he said, pointing directly at Davis. "Feeling connected to something that ain't got nothin' to do with you? If it ain't got nothin' to do with me, I ain't connected to it."

Wayne's comments seem to contradict his statements in August, telling the crowd at the Lil Weezyana Festival in New Orleans, "We are black America. Black lives matter!" He also led the audience in a "Black lives matter!" chant.

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