EST Gee has revealed that one of the police officers who was accused of murdering Breonna Taylor had previously held him at gunpoint as a kid.
Speaking on the Bootleg Kev Podcast — prior to him walking out mid-interview — the Louisville rapper told Kev that the police have always been a thorn in his side since his younger days.
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“Louisville police is different,” he told Kev. “You know how n-ggas teach them to not like the police? I don’t wanna say his name. He was involved in the Breonna Taylor shit, one of the police officers. When I was little, he walked a group of us home at gunpoint, on my granny. She lived in Turtle Creek.”
He continued: “One of the dudes from the Breonna Taylor muthafucka. So I had my own experience early. The police they ain’t never helped me.”
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EST Gee went on to say that the local police also made it hard for him to do shows, and on one occasion stopped him from performing.
“They told the promoter they didn’t want me in there,” Gee recalled. “The promoter was like, ‘Alright well I’m gonna have just [Lil Baby] then,’ and they was like, ‘Nah, ’cause Baby might try to bring Gee out,’ because he did before on some surprise shit.”
EST Gee joined Bootleg Kev on Tuesday (August 15) for what was supposed to be a lengthy conversation, but things fell apart after just 25 minutes when Gee grew frustrated with Kev’s questions.
The rapper’s irritation boiled over when the podcaster began asking him about his high school and college football career, which he felt had little to do with his upcoming album El Toro 2.
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“What do that got to do with music and shit, bro?” he asked after Bootleg Kev inquired about his pre-fame days as a star linebacker at Indiana State University.
“No, I’m just curious because I’m a huge football fan and I find it fascinating that you have like a real high-level football run before the rap shit took off,” Kev explained.
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After Kev attempted to put the interview back on track by asking EST Gee about his deal with Yo Gotti’s CMG (Collective Music Group) imprint, the 29-year-old suddenly stood up and left the room without saying a word.
He later issued a reply to his walk-out, saying he felt Kev was toying with him. “@bootlegkev You tryna play it like I walked out cause of football like [I] ain’t did plenty interviews talking about playing and talk about it in my music,” he wrote on his Instagram Story.
“You asking me if I remembered an old man pornstar. If I believe in aliens and the NFL combine????? WTF do that got to do with my album dropping Friday? And I literally just walked out that interview 2 hours ago you already got a clip up??? You tryna go viral LOL 100.”
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He added: “I got real life shit going [on] ask around Ion feel like playing so please don’t play wit me cause I play crazy.”
Kev eventually replied to Gee’s comments saying there was no beef. “He came 90 minutes late (which isn’t unique with some artists) and didn’t ever really seem to want to talk or be interviewed,” Kev wrote in a part of his reply. “I don’t care, I’m still a fan of his music and we got a moment out of it for the Internet. No hard feelings.”
