The state of Massachusetts is performing an investigation of the parents of nine year old rapper Luie Rivera Jr., a self-proclaimed Coke Boy better known as 'Lil Poopy'.
The child endangerment investigation was undertaken due to a music video that shows Lil Poopy engaged in numerous questionable acts, including riding in a car without a seatbelt and repeatedly slapping a woman's behind. Due largely to its controversial nature, the video quickly went viral and soon caught the attention of Massachusetts police.
"It's a bit much for a 9-year-old. It warrants the attention of the Department of Children and Families," says Brockton police Lt. David Dickinson.
Lil Poopy has largely been embraced by the rap community up to this point, having a close affiliation with rapper French Montana and his group the Coke Boys. French Montana has admitted to being friends with Lil Poopy's parents but denies that the young lyricists is in any way "his artist", despite the mark of Montana's Coke Boys imprint on Lil Poopy's mixtape, Coke Aint A Bad Word.
"I would never want no kid out there, you know, talking like a grown man," explains French Montana in a recent interview.
It is uncertain whether or not anything will come of the investigation, as the charges levied against Lil Poopy's parents seem tenuous at best. Most notably, there is the issue of first amendment rights, as a prosecution of Rivera's parents would threaten his constitutional right to free speech. There has also been speculation that the investigation is racially motivated.
"White child actors are depicted in far more serious scenes, including violence and sexual content, and they get awards," the child's attorney Joseph Krowski, Jr. told ABCNews.com. "A young Hispanic male who raps - he gets an investigation."
While the videos now surfacing of Lil Poopy are undoubtedly in poor taste, the case raises important questions of morality and constitutional rights. If it's socially acceptable for shows such as The Walking Dead to depict young children shooting guns and murdering others, is a persona like Lil Poopy really that different?
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