Joe Rogan found himself in hot water last month when a video montage of him saying the “n-word” went viral on Twitter. The clip heard the podcaster/comedian utter the racial slur at least 20 times on his show, in addition to making a joke comparing a Black neighborhood in Philadelphia to Planet of the Apes.
Despite issuing an apology, celebrities such as Trevor Noah, Samuel L. Jackson and Fat Joe condemned Joe Rogan over the video, with the latter calling the podcast host “a piece of shit.” However, one rapper who isn’t rushing to brandish Rogan a racist is Freddie Gibbs.
Following his first appearance on the show last year, the Gary, Indiana native returned to The Joe Rogan Experience alongside comedian/writer/producer Brian Moses on Tuesday (March 1), where he addressed the n-word controversy.
“You can’t say that shit, Joe, ’cause you pissed n-ggas off when you did that compilation. It was funny as fuck, though, I can’t even lie,” he said. “But hey man, look, I don’t think you a racist, my n-gga. You my n-gga! I fuck with you.
“I never thought you was a racist. I just think you were saying some shit you shouldn’t have said and a lot of us n-ggas say stuff that we shouldn’t say sometimes. It is what it is.”
Despite not holding Rogan’s feet to the fire, Freddie Gibbs went onto to clarify that he believes only Black people should use the n-word.
“Nah, you gotta give that to us,” he stated. “I want to tell white people right now: y’all just gotta let us have that. Just let us have ‘n-gga.’ Y’all already human trafficked us over here, let us have that.”
Joe Rogan also came under fire recently for spreading COVID-19 misinformation, prompting Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young to yank his music from Spotify, who paid a reported $200 million for the exclusive rights to Rogan’s podcast in 2020.
Freddie Gibbs slammed Young for the move, wondering aloud if he would’ve done the same had Rogan’s use of the n-word been the only controversy.
“Fuck Neil Young, man,” he said. “Aye Neil Young, man, I know you want to get Joe off this muthafucka, right? But look, though, my n-gga, when you pull your shit off, but would you have pulled it if it was only the nigga shit? If you thought Joe was a racist, would you have stood up for nigga? I think not.”
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When Rogan pointed out that Neil Young pulled his music before the n-word video surfaced, Gibbs replied, “Well, he should’ve double-backed for n-ggas. Fuck that.”
He then joked, “You fucked up with India Arie, man. You had a lot of bitches that couldn’t put their shea butter on when she pulled that muthafucking shit off Spotify,” referencing the R&B singer’s decision to pull her own catalog from Spotify over Rogan’s “language around race.”
Gibbs said what anyone who has a brain knows as obvious. Rogan has given more careers and platforms to black people than the NBA. He was directly quoting people every time he said that word. People are trying to hack him down. It didn’t work. Nothing to see here.
Gibbs is an idiot. Full stop.
Very deep, nuanced take. Dude is a millionaire that Grammy nominated and has Madlib and Al production. You live with your mom.
And me and him ran a train on your mother in that basement, LOL! Her chewy game is phenomenal!
freddie gibbs is the definition of simp – white folks just love seeing his big ol fish lips flap in the breeze
You’re white though. Self hating weirdo.
It doesn’t matter if he’s quoting someone, if you’re not black you mute the word. I’ve reached expert level of skipping that word in songs. Even when my friends call me their ——-, I don’t think it’s a gd pass to say it. They’ve noted my discomfort and took to calling me their nilla instead. I respect people, and regardless of what letter is at the end of the word, white people shouldn’t say it. My son dated a white girl who thought she could say it just cause she had it in her. She got slapped and dropped off at the bus stop. Not by my son, he calls his mom or sister to slap females for him. Giving him a pass just because he’s quoting someone for laughs doesn’t make it ok. Sounding like Stephen on Django.
No.
fck you hoes death penalty is coming
internet not gonna protect a sellout like fish lips fibbs
funny how 1 word can hurt so many people who brag about killing people all day.
Andy Bustard, your name is fitting for an article this atrociously biased.
And for everyone in the comments who reeled off of the compilation video:
1. It’s just a word.
2. If you haven’t watched those episodes to see the actual context, you’re dumb and gullible as fook. Enjoy being a puppet for the woke agenda.
I won’t be be coming back to reply to your simp asses either. Enjoy your feelings.