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Ceelo Green draws ire of fans after wearing Confederate garb on Instagram

ATLANTA — Fans are not feeling a recent Instagram post by rapper, producer and songwriter Ceelo Green.

In the post, Green is seen wearing a hoodie with the Confederate flag emblem adorned on his clothing.

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Green did not explain the reasoning for the post, but simply used the hashtags, ‘soul’ and ‘rebel’ to describe his wearing of the emblem.

The flag has a long history of being associated with racism, and white supremacy. Many fans expressed their distaste of the rapper’s choice of clothing.

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In similar photos posted to his Instagram account, he is also seen wearing a Ralph Lauren Polo sweater with the American flag, along with a separate post of a flag with the colors red, black and green with stars.

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