Vince Staples Accuses Developers of Trying to Buy His Land Amid LA Fires

There have already been rumors about real estate developers offering up money to homeowners impacted by the recent fires in the Los Angeles area, and Vince Staples may be one of those people.

The Long Beach rapper took to X and revealed that he was allegedly offered a million dollars in cash for his land. “White devil offered a M cash for the land,” he wrote. “He must’ve thought I was one of them other n—as.” And just before sending out that X post, Staples shared that his neighborhood burned down. “Whole neighborhood burnt down but we still thuggin,” he tweeted.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently spoke about efforts to stop developers trying to take advantage of people who have been affected by the fires. “I was just talking with Josh Green, the governor down in Hawaii, who had some ideas around some land use concerns he had, around speculators coming in and buying up properties and the likes,” he recently told Fox 11 in regards to potential land grabs. “We are already working with our legal team to move those things forward, and we’ll be presenting those in a matter of days, not just weeks.”

There’s also a running list on X of landlords who have been accused of price-gouging rent, with some rental prices allegedly being raised upward of 100 percent or more.

Staples also tweeted a link to a fundraiser organized by the city of Long Beach, and he’s not the only rapper to be helping out his fellow California neighbors. The Game has been actively supporting firefighters and animal rescue, while Snoop spoke on helping out via donations and hinting at a benefit concert during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!