“Haven’t seen anyone offer alternative solutions just criticisms…too bad,” he said. He also caught some of the harsher wisecracks about his appearance in his mentions too, which he believes is only an attempt from people who “want [him] to hate [himself] so bad that’s why you keep telling [him] how ugly and stupid [he is].” He makes it clear that he’s “never thought more highly of himself,” though.

For Caesar, he continued in the tweets, the controversy and conversation are a double-edged sword, so he’ll be throwing in the towel from here on out. And despite being aware that he has pissed off an overwhelming majority of his Black fan base, he also had a reason for why they won’t be receiving an apology from him, too. “So I’m gunna shut up from now on but I DO NOT APOLOGIZE,” he wrote. “Cuz you guys didn’t convince me.” He then urged everyone to “screenshot these twees cuz my publicist is gunna make me delete soon” — the publicist who he deems a “strong black woman” who he actually listens to.

Caesar’s follow-up sentiments now appear to have only added insult to injury, however. And in spite of him waving the white flag at Black Twitter, they’ve still got plenty of grenades left to toss at the “Who Hurt You?” singer’s insurgence: