celeb news Muni Long refuses to write soulful songs for non melanated artists

[Sabandija]

 

 

[Dolce Vita]

we love an artist and songwriter that has integrity

[Apostolis]

that's mother behaviour but also who's that? why do we need to make an article about every random human being 

[IsidoraMarí]

Oh I've got me a cadillac cadilac cadilac got me cadillac car

[ICLDXU4HS]

Had a peak at them writing credits and 1) okay, gurl; 2) no one's missing out.

 

[HeavyMetalAura]

That's her right and boundary as an artist  but a bit odd

[popmusicisdead]

now what she got against albinos?

[tost1]

Sorry, but that's not it

[PartyFavor]

That makes sense but if she doesn't many others will so in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't change much.

[Taste of Honey]

Lol at Victoria liking it.  

[KahnumDash]

umm chile anyways so

[Sabandija]

On the one hand, I think you shouldn't decide whether you work with someone or not depending on their skin color. I could understand her not wanting to work with someone she doesn't connect with or whose artistry vision she doesn't share. 

 

On the other hand, she can can work with whomever she wants and shouldn't be forced to team up with someone she doesn't want to. I guess she's got her reasons. I just think it's not always cultural apropriation. Sometimes it's cultural apreciation. Some white artists that were born during the 90's and 00's have grown up listening to R&B and consider that their background and their roots.

[Mornings]

Good! Just listen to the terrible Justin Timberlake gospel records on his last album if you need any kind of reassurance there is nothing any white person can add to a soulful song written from a black American perspective. They can write their own inspired tracks themselves

And how do you guys not know Muni Long? 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Mornings

[JustHoran]

Seems racist to me. Someones race shouldn't have anything to do with it and the fact that she admitted that and people praise her?  

Racism on any side is not ok.

Edited Thursday at 06:32 PM by JustHoran

[dumbsparce]

Will she stop speaking english too since it was originated by "non-melanated" ppl? 

[princedonte]

I guess she wouldn't have wrote for Teena Marie seems like we're going backwards. 

Edited Thursday at 06:53 PM by princedonte

[Sabandija]

17 minutes ago, JustHoran said:

Seems racist to me. Someones race shouldn't have anything to do with it and the fact that she admitted that and people praise her?  

Racism on any side is not ok.

 

8 minutes ago, dumbsparce said:

Will she stop speaking english too since it was originated by "non-melanated" ppl? 

You can disagree with her decision but this is in no way racism. A discriminated group can't opress the privileged.

[Katamari]

8 minutes ago, princedonte said:

I guess she wouldn't have wrote for Teena Marie seems like we're going backwards. 

Teena is black tho?

 

ot: no more Ariana hits :'( 

[dumbsparce]

12 minutes ago, Sabandija said:

 

You can disagree with her decision but this is in no way racism. A discriminated group can't opress the privileged.

A comment can still be racist regardless if there's oppression imposed or not. 

[Talento]

Does the president of Atlantic know that this happened?

[Cloudy]

Ok...?

[king_queen]

A lot of people in this thread are lacking the historical context and significance of why she's saying what she's saying

 

Not surprising in the slightest…

 

And it's crazy bc this stuff is so well documented 

[VerdantHue]

1 hour ago, JustHoran said:

Seems racist to me. Someones race shouldn't have anything to do with it and the fact that she admitted that and people praise her?  

Racism on any side is not ok.

Are you white, just curious?

[Cheers]

What did Ariana do to piss her off?

[ChooseyLover]

I can see where she's coming from. It's no secret how certain white singers got where they are in big part thanks to black producers and songwriters but these black creatives themselves are somehow condemned to stay behind the scenes. I'm glad she finally got her moment and stood her ground.