Kevin Gates Hits YouTuber for Trying to Prank Him in Mall

UPDATE (Aug. 21):

Kevin Gates has responded to a video that shows him hitting a YouTuber who tried to prank him in a mall. In a follow-up post shared on his Instagram Story, Gates said he expected better from one of his children.

"Say, don't you never do no sh*t like that, boy. I ain't raise you to be like that," Gates said in the video below. "You just walk over, 'Hey how you doin'? I'm Kevin.' I didn't want anything I just was coming to say hello. Simple and gangsta' that's it that's all. Come on, man, I ain't raise you to be like that, boy. Don't let me hear nothing about you doing no sh*t like that again. It's all good baby, players f**k up too. Mistakes make us great. Learn from your mistakes, don't make 'em no more. I'm about to go in the gym. I don't wanna have this talk with you again, I love you."

Original Story (Aug. 20):

Kevin Gates recently hit a YouTuber who tried to prank him in a mall.

Kevin Gates Smacks YouTuber

On Aug. 15, YouTuber Wayon shared a video that shows him pranking people in Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park, Calif. During the video, which can be seen below, Wayon runs across Kevin Gates and a woman who are leaving the mall with a bunch of bags. Wayon approaches Kevin and tells the rapper, "You look like Kevin Gates," around the 2-minute mark of the video below.

The clearly perturbed rapper responds, "Look, stop playing with me and get the f**k on out the door."

Wayon apologizes but continues to pester the Baton Rouge, La. rhymer. "Can you say d*ck in that pu**y for me real quick?" Wayon adds.

At that point, Kevn has clearly had enough and hits the YouTuber in the back of the head and keeps it moving.

"Ah, Kevin Gates. What the f**k, Kevin Gates," Wayon responds to being struck. "Come on, man. Ah, that hurt, Kevin. I didn't appreciate that, Kevin. That hurt a lot."

XXL has reached out to Kevin Gates' team for comment.

YouTube Pranks Gone Wrong

This isn't the first time things have turned physical when a YouTuber has attempted to prank a rapper. In 2022, YouTube prankster White Dolemite attempted to prank Boosie BadAzz and his crew in a grocery store with the infamous bit where he calls Black men "boy." The joke got WD punched for his efforts.