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Summer Walker Deletes Instagram Following Backlash Over Coronavirus Post That Many Found Racist

<p>Roommates&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;summer-walker-announces-shes-leaving-music-after-2020&sol;">Summer Walker<&sol;a> has a complicated and well-documented history with social media&comma; as she has left various platforms multiple times since her breakout success last year&period; Well&comma; apparently she’s decided to take another break following the intense backlash after a coronavirus video she posted was deemed racist by several of her followers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year may have garnered Summer Walker her biggest commercial success as an artist&comma; but it was also filled with endless personal struggles that have carried over into 2020&period; As the world is currently dealing with the deadly <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hotnewhiphop&period;com&sol;summer-walker-deletes-everything-amid-coronavirus-backlash-news&period;105418&period;html">coronavirus outbreak<&sol;a>&comma; many are panicking and hastily placing blame where they can find it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many of Summer’s fans feel that she is doing the exact same thing&period; She recently posted a video to Instagram that allegedly shows Chinese residents intentionally spreading the coronavirus—or so she thought&period; When her followers informed her that the video she posted was old and before the outbreak&comma; Summer still didn’t back down&comma; writing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s some trifling nasty a&ast;&ast; s&ast;&ast;t&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She didn’t stop there and added this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lol people so dumb&comma; talking about I&&num;8217&semi;m racist and that video was from a long time ago&period; It don&&num;8217&semi;t matter if it was from 20 years ago&comma; bottom line that s&ast;&ast;t nasty &amp&semi; IDGAF if a black white yellow or green person did that s&ast;&ast;t&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s still nasty&period; Lmao I literally don&&num;8217&semi;t give a f&ast;&ast;k anymore this is app&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not that serious&period; For my label Ima just delete all this s&ast;&ast;t&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B9UfNfnBPeY" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Summer kept to her word and deleted her entire Instagram following the backlash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; 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