It basically comes down to what is just and unjust to say within your lyrics...the whole white guy sayin "nigga" has always crept in the background of hip-hop...even that wack movie Malibu's Most Wanted has it in it...people have mislooked the origin and what the word 'nigga' really represents, when it comes down to the meaning of the word it degrades and reminds or should at least remind anyone who hears it of the african american slavery and where the word is derived from. So with that said, why is it suitable for anyone to say it, including other black artists? It is because the new era has made this word acceptable, yet along with the acceptance has come limits...mostly to white people. It's not societally accepted to disapprove the word 'nigga' if you're black...that's just society for you always fucking up the world...but my point is people usually ignore the meaning of the word because of the common usage of it...that is until a white person uses it
What else can one say? He broke the limits and everyone acts like he's fucking Hitler...he said something racist, does it make him racist? In this case he was upset with his ex GF who is black, we've all said something along the lines of 'chinese people can't drive' or 'rednecks live in trailors'...although not as serious, have same intentions. So calling him racist on one remark is like saying Bill Clinton is a compulsive, cheating lies...just an example...as Clinton did apologize and went along not known really as cheating liar, people merely coped with it and didn't care...because they knew he made one mistake...didn't mean that was what Bill Clinton represented, just happen to have done at the time
I don't approve of him saying this at all, but I think if someone is gunna turn on Em for all he's done for rap for one slip up then really your casting judgment where it need not be judged. I was offended by his lyrics...as a white person...doesn't mean I'll never listen to him again
BTW yes I am white, yet I live in T Dot, Canada the most multi-cultural area IN THE WORLD...the caucasion percentage is much lower than other areas of the world...whirred
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