Famous F*ckboys Finals: Round 2 vs. Future

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Lil Duval

How Well They Take Care Of Their Children

I know that Lil Duval has children but he keeps them out of the limelight. And honestly, given all of his shenanigans, it’s probably for the best. What’s interesting about him is that Duval was very vocal about Papa Russell parenting Baby Future in his biological father’s absence. There were no words from him for Future when he and Ciara broke up months after Baby Future was born.

Fidelity

While Duval has quite a bit to say about everyone else’s personal lives, he doesn’t say much about his own relationships. He shares vague details that could be jokes or terribly sad stories. Earlier this year, he tweeted about his relationship history:

“This girl I use [sic] to cheat with just caught her man cheating now she mad talking bout ‘i don’t understand why he gotta cheat.’”

Then a couple of months ago, Duval, with the help of his friend Charlamagne Tha God, dropped a song called “Black Men Don’t Cheat.” I find the whole movement to be particularly gross considering that’s just not the case. And denying this fact is a gaslighting tactic actual cheating Black men have employed for centuries.

Abuse

There’s no documentation of him physically abusing any woman he’s dated. But if we’re speaking about the community, his comments have been detrimental to Black folk at large. Things like…

…as if Black people don’t have enough hurdles when it comes to seeking mental health care.

Misogynistic Thoughts

Plenty! In fact, just today Duval had the streets talking because he tweeted about not liking the way Black women wear their hair big and curly. He said it looks like a lion. Funny, big and curly is the way Black hair naturally comes out of her heads. So this is a two-for. Men sharing their unsolicited and unnecessary opinions on women and beauty standards is misogynistic. And speaking about Black hair as a Black man is indeed anti-Black. He has a lot of thoughts on single mothers. He spends much of his time imitating and clowning Black women.

Here a few recent examples from his Twitter feed:

Anti-Blackness

I’m going to do a little something different here. The most problematic thing about Lil Duval happened when he shared his thoughts about trans women. On The Breakfast Club, DJ Envy asked him if he learned that he’d slept with a trans woman, how would he react. Duval immediately said:

“This might sound messed up but I don’t care. She dying. I can’t deal with that. You manipulated me to believe in this thing, my mind…I can’t…I’m gay now. I’m gay.”

Given the number of Black trans women who are killed every year–especially those who are killed at the hands of their romantic partners, Black men, it’s an intra-community issue. And until the Black community at large embraces Black trans women, we can’t claim to be pro-Black.

Financial Responsibility

There’s no evidence that he’s behaved irresponsibly with his money.