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Bay Area Rapper E-40 ejected from Warriors-Kings game, says racial bias reason

Golden State Warriors v Sacramento Kings

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 15: Earl Tywone Stevens Sr., known as the rapper E-40, yells at arena security personnel before being escorted from courtside seating during Game One of the Western Conference First Round Playoffs between the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings at the Golden 1 Center on April 15, 2023 in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images)

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“Tell me when to Go” got real for rapper E-40 Saturday night.

The Bay Area rapper and famed Warriors fan was ejected during the fourth quarter of the Kings’ Game 1 win. Fan videos of the ejection were all over Twitter and E-40 appeared to have a few words with Kings fans on the way out the door.

Sunday, E-40 released a statement through Shams Charania of The Athletic claiming racial bias on the part of Kings’ security and asking the team to investigate.

The Kings released this statement:

“The Sacramento Kings take these claims seriously and are investigating the facts and circumstances regarding the situation, as we do anytime an accusation like this is made.”

No video has surfaced to this point of the words between E-40 and the heckler. Emotions run high among fans during playoff games, and certainly, some have crossed the line in the past.

Sacramento was loaded with celebrities for Game 1 including 50 Cent, California governor Gavin Newsom, Barry Bonds, and former Kings Vlade Divac, Bobby Jackson and Jason Williams.