Christian rapper nobigdyl is accusing Instagram of restricting his song “Got a Reason.” The song is a collaboration with fellow Christian rapper KB. Nobigyl, whose real name is Dylan Phillips, shared a screenshot from Instagram, stating it had restricted the song where it violated local law. “Instagram just restricted my content from the US because according to them it violated ‘local law’ not their policies, the law,” wrote Phillips along with the screenshot. According to Instagram, it had received a legal request to restrict the content.

In separate post, Phillips shared lyrics to the song, which state, “if He got up — it’s up / He got up — it’s up / this is not Buddha, Allah, Krishna, Joseph such and such / if He got up — its up / He got up — it’s up.” Phillips questioned why his material was removed while content from white nationalist Nick Fuentes, which contained him using the n-word several times and other slurs, was allowed to remain up. “I wonder what ‘law’ I broke that Nick did not with his racist, xenophobic, hate-speech filled rant. I wonder what the real issue is with my content,” he questioned.

In a post, he appeared to suggest that his Christian faith was the reason for the disparity. “racists + politicians using text book hate speech on Instagram,” he wrote. “rappers talking glorifying drugs + [death] on instagram. [p]orn stars doing thinly veiled innuendos and recruiting on instagram. but this christian rap is the issue.”  His followers, however, sought to encourage him. “Count it joy! The world will hate you because you love Jesus!” wrote one follower. “You are doing everything right! Hopefully this can be reversed!” Another wrote, “That’s how you know you’re moving the generation toward Christ. What’s happening to you is biblical. Keep going.”

Instagram, which is owned by Meta, did not cite what specific law the song broke. It’s reference to Buddha, Allah, Krishna, and Joseph (apparently Smith) appeared to be the most controversial line given it turns away from the pluralistic “all paths lead to God” culture of the day. Phillips encouraged his followers to check out the song on other platforms, writing, “Anyway, stream the law-breaking, Instagram-banned verse on ‘Got a Reason.’”