{"id":27404,"date":"2023-04-17T20:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/kings-to-investigate-racial-bias-in-e-40s-ejection\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T20:31:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:31:20","slug":"kings-to-investigate-racial-bias-in-e-40s-ejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/kings-to-investigate-racial-bias-in-e-40s-ejection\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings to investigate ‘racial bias’ in E-40’s ejection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Beating the Warriors is one thing. Kicking E-40 out of a playoff game means the Kings are beefing with the whole Bay Area.<\/p>\n

Golden 1 Center security guards kicked out the rapper after they alleged<\/a> he “stood excessively” and refused to comply with warnings. Kings and Warriors security escorted E-40 out during the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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A source close to E-40 says those warnings never happened, and he was kicked out because “security saw a disagreement between a Black man and a white woman and immediately assumed that [E-40] was at fault.”<\/p>\n

E-40 explained his side of the story in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Vallejo rapper says he simply “addressed one heckler in an assertive but polite manner” before security removed him from the arena. E-40 said he was “absolutely humiliated” by Kings security and asked the team to investigate the “appalling conduct.”<\/p>\n

Besides his prolific hip-hop career, E-40 is an investor and entrepreneur, producing his own line of wines and malt liquor. Under his “Goon With the Spoon”<\/a> label, E-40 sells ice cream, sausages and burritos.<\/p>\n

He’s also a high-profile Bay Area sports fan. E-40 was a fixture sitting behind home plate during the San Francisco Giants’ World Series runs and a frequent face courtside at Warriors games. At no point were there incidents with opposing fans until Saturday’s games.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Jalen Rose took to social media to break down the video and concluded that the Kings would likely apologize to E-40 for “mishandling” the situation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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E-40 received support from the Warriors afterward. Injured forward Andre Iguodala followed the rapper out of the stands, Gary Payton II told reporters E-40 was “like an uncle” to him, and Klay Thompson said he’d “always been respectful and considerate of those around him.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ultimately it was an ugly look for the Kings in their first home playoff game in 17 years. It was still a great victory for the team but a truly unfortunate decision by Kings security.<\/p>\n

The Kings will have to deliver any apology back in San Francisco. E-40 announced he won’t be attending Game 2 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n