Fats Joe is getting main backlash for saying that Blacks and Latinos are “Half and Half” relating to the creation of hip-hop tradition.
On Friday (Aug. 26), Fats Joe hopped on Instagram Stay to speak about DJ Khaled’s new album God Did however for a quick second, he addressed critics who consider that the Bronx rapper is spreading a lie about Latinos contributing to hip-hop. Joe stated the “haters” are upset after he posted a video that includes Latino pioneers in hip-hop tradition.
“These days, they speaking about Latinos wasn’t in rap…these guys are fucking delusional,” the veteran rhymer stated on the 52-minute mark within the video beneath. “We’re from the Bronx, New York shit occurs.”
“So when hip-hop began it was half and half,” he continued, suggesting that each Blacks and Latinos contributed to hip-hop on the similar time.
“I do not know what the fuck is up with these individuals that do not know their details,” he added.
Joe went on to clarify the video he posted on Thursday (Aug. 25), which featured a number of Latino pioneers in hip-hop together with DJ Junebug, Prince Whipper Whip & Ruby Dee, DJ Disco Wiz, DJ Charlie Chase, The Rock Regular Crew and extra, had made lots of people mad however he stands by the visible.
“Historical past is historical past…I do not get it,” Joe stated. “They gotta cease. They gotta fucking cease.”
Moreover, Fats Joe posted one other video from Grandmaster Caz, a member of the legendary hip-hop group The Chilly Crush Brothers, who reiterated Joe’s level that Latinos had been concerned in hip-hop. Watch it beneath.
Fats Joe’s remarks have generated a backlash of feedback from individuals on social media who consider that Foundational Black People (FBAs) had been the only creators of hip-hop and Latinos had been by no means concerned within the tradition.
“If each single component of hip hop tradition was created by Foundational Black People & 1 or 2 Latinos simply occurred to wander away right into a hip hop celebration within the ’70s, how does that equate to Blacks & Latinos being “half & half” within the creation of hip hop?” requested creator and cultural critic Tariq Nasheed on Twitter. “The mathematics aint mathing.”
Different individuals have jumped on Twitter to additionally vehemently disagree with Fats Joe’s assertion that Latinos contributed to hip-hop.
“*I’m a 53 yr outdated lady from Jamaica Queens NY. Raised as a ‘church woman’ and even I do know that Hip Hop was birthed by younger Black Males from the Bronx (I consider),” tweeted actress Tichina Arnold. “Rap was how the totally different boroughs in NY communicated w/one another. Cease highjacking #BlackCulture”
One other individual wrote, “The truth that ZERO Blacks in Hip Hop have corrected Fats Joe about this OBVIOUS #Lie is f*cking PATHETIC.”
This has absolutely turn out to be a hot-button matter on social media.
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