[INTERVIEW] Lil Mama Explains Why She’s Been Silent On Ferguson Protests

Lil Mama, who we’ve seen most recently play the role of Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopez in the TLC Biopic (receiving rave reviews for her performance) is known for being the ‘voice of the young people’, so during a recent interview theJasmineBRAND.com correspondent @Smith asked her what her opinion was about the Ferguson, MO riots. Find out why she’s remained hesitant, along with how show looks up to mentors like MC Lyte, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Regina King.

Check out our conversation.

theJasmineBRAND.com: We know you as the voice of the young people, so we were interested in what you had to say regarding whats going on in Ferguson right now?

Lil Mama: As you can see, if you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, or any of my platforms, I haven’t spoken out on it yet, and my reason for not speaking out on it yet, is because I feel as artists, a lot of times we tweet, or post a picture of something, but thats pretty much it. I’m just still trying to figure out what I