Quote from: Gilgamesh. on February 16, 2018, 09:04:23 AM
Quote from: Poseidon on February 16, 2018, 08:57:22 AM
Well they lashed tf outta J. Lo when she said it. But then nobody cared about Angie Martinez.
I think it's more about culture than race at this point.
J.Lo only aligned herself with Black artists for personal gain - Murder Inc was like the hottest able at the time. SO her using it seems disingenuous.
Angie, Joe etc have always been a part of the "culture"
I don't agree. J Lo's from the Bronx - and she pointed out she lived (in that vidya where the old man couldn't figure out who she was
) She was def from the hood.
Castle Hill area of the BX has a mixture of Blacks and Latinos living among one another.
Puerto Ricans don't even have to apply for a pass here. They share the same space a lot of times, and many of them are clearly people of color, so they experience a lot of the same mess.
J-Lo is generally a pop artist so there's really no need for her to be using profanity at every twist and turn..which is why we didn't hear the "n" word a lot from her.
Just because Angie and Fat Joe are rappers instead of singers doesn't give them more of a right IMO. That's the only difference. It's all about where you come from. You can take someone out of the hood and "polish" them up a bit. Doesn't mean that they're not from the hood.