Soulja Boy shouts out slave masters
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
Apparently, CL’s BET Hip-Hop Awards wrap-up, Too Bootleg for TV, wasn’t the worst of the red carpet. BET correspondent and former Rolling Stone contributor, Toure, asked Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy what historical figure he most hated.
His response:
“Oh wait! Hold up! Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we’d still be in Africa. We wouldn’t be here to get this ice and tattoos.”
As CL contributor Jacinta Howard summates on her blog, 4 Cryin Out Loud:
See, this what ya’ll get for constantly defending this little dude.
“Oh, he’s only 17!”
“Oh, he’s only for the kids!”
“Oh, stop hatin! He’s smart, he knew how to work YouTube!”
Like I’ve been saying— Soulja Boy’s age is no excuse for the coonery…. Hell, even Will Smith was a teenager when he came out. “Parents Just Don’t Understand” — now that’s a song “for the kids.”
This kinda shit is what happens when you consistently excuse people’s coonish behavior….
Read her full post here.
(Photo by Tara-Lynne Pixley)
