In a recent interview with DJ Vlad, Joe spoke with the host about Kreayshawn and shared that he’s a fan of her “Gucci Gucci” hit. Soon after, though, the conversation shifted toward’s V-Nasty’s use of the n-word, which Joe defended.
“Unfortunately, the word started as a racist thing many, many, many, many, many years ago. We don’t view [it] as that no more … How can we tell everybody ‘Hip-Hop is for everybody?’ How can we really tell everybody, ‘If you white, hip-hop is for you? If you Chinese, hip-hop’s for you? If you f***** Arab, hip-hop’s for you?’ We say ‘n***** all day. They think that’s what’s cool. So, if they like, ‘Yo, what’s up my nigga?’ Oh, s***. You a racist. You know they didn’t really mean it racist. You know [V-Nasty] ain’t tellin’ her ‘Yo, what’s up my nigga’ racist. She’s sayin’, ‘What’s up my nigga!’”
Fat Joe then focused his attention on one of the most public opponents of the n-word, Rev. Al Sharpton, saying the reverend called him one when they first met.
“The craziest s–t,” he noted. “I’ma give you some breaking news. The craziest s*** … Reverend Al Sharpton … This is some s***. I shouldn’t be telling you but Reverend Al Sharpton made a whole campaign against the word n*****. I swear till my mother drops dead, the first time I ever met Reverend Al Sharpton was with Don King. Don King said, ‘Reverend Al, do you know Fat Joe?’ He said, ‘How I’m not gonna not know the realest n***** inNew York?’ It’s the first thing he told me, ever, in the history of mankind. ‘That’s my nigga, Fat Joe!’ I was mindboggled with the n***** s***.”
Joe admitted that those from the older generations would expectedly take offense against V-Nasty’s use of the word, but maintained that she means no harm.
“It’s f**** up. It started out racist, somebody made it cool…I’m sure, I’m willing to defend [V-Nasty]. I never met her in my life but I’m sure she meant it as a term of endearment. Now, if you old school and you grew up with segregation, you grew up when they was throwing water on people, and Rosa Parks, then you take offense.”
Joe then added that as a Latino and fellow minority, he has a right to use the word as well.
“My whole theory about it is, I’m Latino and I can’t say n*****? Blacks and Latinos is the same s***,” said Joe.
While Joe’s defense of V-Nasty is indeed thought-provoking, it isn’t the first time that an another artist has come to her defense. Here are five other artists who support V-Nasty & Kreayshawn. – nicholas robinson
