n-word
What was supposed to be about The National Negro League Baseball Museum and their fundraising campaign, has been co-opted—at least briefly on Friday night, by baseball broadcaster Glen Kuiper, who used the N-word in place of “negro” for the organization’s name. He has since apologized on the air. Per The Associated Press, The National Negro […]
Donald Glover brought up Chevy Chase’s alleged use of the N-word on the set of Community while presenting Atlanta executive producer Paul Simms with an honorary award at the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday. Glover mentioned that Simms was receiving an accolade named after former Saturday Night Live writer Herb Sargent, who co-created the Weekend Update segment with Chase. “Chevy […]
Twitter has entered a new chapter. And LeBron James has big concerns. Just hours after Elon Musk officially acquired the platform, media watchdog groups found that the use of the n-word had increased nearly 500 percent on the platform. The Washington Post cited data shared by the Network Contagion Research Institute, an independent organization that predicts threats emerging from social media content. After catching wind of […]
Anthony Martini is facing another wave of controversy. The music executive made headlines this year for his defense of FN Meka, an A.I.-generated rapper that was backed by Martini’s New Factory project. The digital artist would go on to land a deal with Capitol Records, but was quickly dropped by the label following outrage over […]
A white comedian was fired after a clip surfaced of him using the N-word several times during his stand-up routine on a cruise ship. TikTok user Pamela Frilot posted a since-muted video of Rob O’Reilly performing while aboard a Carnival cruise, with the caption, “Get me off this ship!!” Frilot later elaborated on what happened during O’Reilly’s set. Additional […]
Joe Rogan recently confessed that he would quit his podcast if it started to feel like he had to “walk on eggshells.” MMA fighter Josh Barnett admitted on Tuesday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience that he was worried about speaking freely because certain listeners would go through every single one of his statements with a fine-tooth […]
Joe Rogan was in serious hot water ago after a compilation video went viral of the podcast host saying the N-word across a slew of episodes. Freddie Gibbs recently visited the Joe Rogan Experience alongside Brian Moses, and while the rapper condemned Rogan for using the racial slur, Gibbs also said he doesn’t think the comedian is racist. “You can’t say that shit, Joe,” Freddie […]
In the latest episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan said that the recent backlash and criticism he’s been receiving is part of a “political hit job” against him, Variety reports. Rogan’s comments arrive after a compilation video of him using the n-word multiple times went viral. On the Tuesday episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan addressed the video, which shows the […]
T-Pain has weighed in on the ongoing saga over Spotify’s platforming of Joe Rogan, who is currently at the center of two controversies. In a recent chat with TMZ, T-Pain shared his thoughts on cancel culture before the topic of criticism leveled against Joe Rogan for COVID-19 misinformation and his repeated use of the N-word in the past came […]
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said in a letter to company employees over the weekend that he doesn’t believe that “silencing Joe is the answer” amid ongoing controversies surrounding podcast host Joe Rogan. In the letter, per the Hollywood Reporter, Ek—whose net worth is estimated by Forbes to be just over $3 billion—mentioned Rogan’s use of what […]
