Quavo argues against drinking Hennessy, telling all of his fans to stop buying the rapper-preferred cognac.
Hennessy is one of rap’s favorite alcoholic beverages. Rappers have been rhyming about the cognac brand for years but one artist is officially removing it from his vocabulary, explaining why on Twitter.
“My Folks Need To Stop Drinkin Hennessy,” wrote Quavo on social media yesterday morning. The Migos member went on to explain his decision as to why he was giving up the Henny. “They Don’t Fuck Wit Us,” he continued. “No mo Rapping about Henny. The Martell Way Is How I’m Coming and They Appreciate It Better! Martell Blue Swift!”
My Folks Need To Stop Drinkin Hennessy
They Don’t Fuck Wit Us! No mo Rapping about Henny. The Martell Way Is How I’m Coming and They Appreciate It Better!
Martell Blue Swift!— QuavoYRN (@QuavoStuntin) September 11, 2020
Quavious now you know black folk ain’t gone stop drinking Hennessy 😭😭
— Mia Cecily 🥰 (@paaidass) September 11, 2020
They stopped drinking Cristal when Jay Z said this exact same thing years ago.
— 🧘🏾♀️ (@jxchameleon) September 12, 2020
It isn’t all too surprising to see Quavo side with Martell. After all, he did sign an exclusive partnership with the cognac brand in December 2018. However, his message speaks volumes to the LVMH-owned Hennessy.
Some people are supporting the Henny-less way of life in his replies, but others are preaching that they’ll never give up the drink. One person said: “N***as still rock Gucci you think they finna kick the Hen???”
This ties to Quavo’s argument that Hennessy (and LVMH in general) does not care about its Black market base. With social issues at a high point in America, small decisions like this can make a pretty large impact, hurting the pockets of the companies that do not see race equity as a priority and pushing them to actually do something of note to bring back their loyal customers. Will you be shifting away from Henny or does Quavo’s word not mean much to you? Peep his tweet along with some of the reactions below:
They stopped drinking Cristal when Jay Z said this exact same thing years ago.
— 🧘🏾♀️ (@jxchameleon) September 12, 2020
On Hennessy’s long-standing support of African-American social justice initiatives dating back to 1896 as one of the founders of what would become the National Urban League, providing sponsorship for the Tuskegee Institute, and (in 1909) serving as the NAACP’s first corp sponsor.
— Johnathan (@EL_Lecher0o) September 11, 2020
I love you but there’s history there that has zero to do with hip hop. Imma just put this here for anyone who does not know the history of black people and Hennessy. #hbcuknowledge https://t.co/1a34AM5y5Z
— Mel (@MelonnaBanana) September 12, 2020
The cliffs notes version cuz niggas don’t read pic.twitter.com/YR3sOVe43C
— Mel (@MelonnaBanana) September 12, 2020
Fuck Hennessy anyway Im tryna drink some Quavo any way😜 morning baby daddy😘😘😘 https://t.co/7NaOgAFiEm
— Mrs Harmon (@QueenHarmon2U) September 11, 2020
Can we promote Martell without the Hennessy slander quavo https://t.co/zUTrXMExIU
— SMBY SAMA 🍥 (@omfgjeffgoldmen) September 12, 2020
Oh y’all gon stop drinkin Hennessy cause Quavo told y’all to not because that shit hot ass
— 6IXAVE (@6ixave) September 12, 2020
