J. Cole isn’t the only Dreamville member with concerns about where his tax dollars are going; now Bas has joined him with a different, though related, list of concerns.

The Too High to Riot rapper backed up his label compatriot, who complained about tax dollars being used for weapons on his 2018 track “Brackets,” with a social media post on Thursday (January 11).

Coming on the day that the White House announced overseas military strikes and just two days after the Biden administration did an end run around Congress to send more than $100 million worth of tank ammunition to Israel for its war in Gaza, Bas’ statement expressed frustration at U.S. foreign policy, which he said was “actively creating a generation of [so-called] ‘terrorists'” by “slaughter[ing] innocents worldwide in the name of western imperialism.”

I used to feel some level of accomplishment when I paid my
taxes. Adulting 101. A contributing member of society. In reality I’m just funding death, destruction, and imperialism. I wish I was contributing to education or someone less fortunate’s health care. I’m just buying…

— Bas (@Bas) January 11, 2024

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