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Lil Yachty<\/a> has paid tribute to Tyler, The Creator<\/a> for being a mentor to him.<\/p>\n On his Instagram, Yachty said of the Odd Future founder: \u201cLast leg of this tour for me and I just want to take the time to thank you for your friendship, thanking you for giving me the praises i needed to push me on and holding me accountable when i do some \/ ignorant shit. All in all, i\u2019m grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201c1 of the few mentors i have, always held me accountable, always challenged me,\u201d wrote Yachty. \u201cForever grateful. Young men need mentors. Need a line of proper guidance. Thanks Tyyytyyy.\u201d<\/p>\n The two are currently on tour together as Tyler takes his Chromakopia<\/em> album across North America.<\/p>\n Yachty recently came under fire for teasing a new song which makes reference to the death of George Floyd<\/a>.<\/p>\n On a stream with Plaqueboymax, Yachty played an unreleased track from an upcoming project with the song including the line: \u201cPut my knee up on her neck, I went George Floyd.\u201d<\/p>\n The line did not go over well with fans nor NBA legend Stephen Jackson, who grew up with Floyd in Houston.<\/p>\n In a social media video, Jackson tore into Yachty, saying: \u201cLil Yachty, bro. You been wack, my n-gga. But you think you saying George Floyd name, and trying to use his name in a bar, that\u2019s gonna make people like your wack-ass music, my n-gga? That shit weak. Y\u2019all the only era that feel like demeaning the dead and saying that shit is cool, my n-gga. It ain\u2019t.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cDon\u2019t ever say his name, bro. None of ya\u2019ll knew G, nothing about him. But y\u2019all wanna say his name for clout. That\u2019s some weak-ass shit, Yachty. Let somebody die in your family, we gonna do a whole skit about it. And see how funny it is, bro. Cut that shit out.\u201d<\/p>\n