David Banner has a new reason to celebrate as the Mississippi producer, rapper, and scholar has been honored with his own day at Louisiana’s Southern University and A&R College.
As part of an official proclamation, Banner (real name Lavell Crump) shared on Instagram, that November 3 will now be forever recognized as “Lavell Crump Day” at the Southern Univesity’s School of Business.
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The proclamation also read that a scholarship in Banner’s name would be “executed” in the fall of 2023.
“They almost got a tear out of me!!!” Banner wrote of the accomplishment on IG, sharing a picture of him holding the official proclamation document.
David Banner had previously teased his involvement with Southern University, his alma mater, with an Instagram post of the university’s logo on Thursday (November 3). Banner was also spotted having an intellectual conversation on the school’s campus about how to communicate with closed-off “elders” about legal marijuana and its benefits.
David Banner’s monumental achievement comes after he shared his thoughts with TMZ in April about the explosive rise of Jack Harlow, and spoke transparently about how Harlow’s whiteness ultimately benefited him.
“White people in America … white people in the world are propped up on everything,” Banner began. “White people’s whiteness is a benefit to them everywhere in the world. Systematic racism is all over the world, so of course! Even the so-called good white people know that white supremacy and know the way dark-skinned people are treated that them being white helps them.
“So as much as they don’t want to see Black people die in the middle of the street, they know that white supremacy benefits them. So of course! I think he would tell you that. It don’t matter what you do. If white people run the structures, it’s gonna benefit them.”
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In a previous interview last year, Banner also accused modern rappers of ripping off the Migos style and said the south needs to give back to the south in a more meaningful way.
“Southerners don’t give Southerners credit so how is anyone else going to give us credit?” Banner said in an interview with Hip Hop Uncensored. “I don’t know what’s our disconnect with history and us wanting to give it up. … As soon as Hip Hop moves on from the South, I want someone to look back and give us credit.”
