i thought the gorls were being a little harsh on him at first when that whole appropriation thing came up
yall know for the most part i feel if someone is
genuinely influenced by the culture why cant they dabble in it a lil. i can hear genuine influence when i listen to bruno mars - down to that "ahhh hooooo" adlib in finesse that was slim from 112 DOWNE. super small things like that ...that most people won't really notice....lets me know how DEEPLY influenced someone is. the intricate teas. and he has them.
but other parts of the album were

like ok i get why the gorls were tugging
the whole "i got all the shalequas waiting on for me" line in one song made me side eye him.

then that song talking about relaxing with a perm and mess....
"u got tah relax it!"

at that point i was like ok. ur not black luv

stop this.
there has to be a line somewhere
but he is so fucking talented. versace on the floor is fuckin amazing
just those two things really made me side eye him